Japan / 18-29 Jan 2025
Japan Winter Family Trip
The most complete NutNibbles travel story so far: Sapporo snow, Osaka city energy, a Kyoto kimono day, and Tokyo finishing strong with hotel notes and food wins.
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Explore the places behind the meals.
Travel notes from trips worth remembering, from a Europe winter route and Japan family days to Hong Kong and Bangkok food stops, a South Korea winter trip, an autumn drive through the UK and Scotland, a New Zealand road loop, and an Indonesia wedding weekend near Bromo.
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Every trip lives in the country journals below. These three shortcuts are for the most common moods: the fullest journal, the planning reference, and the food-first route.
Most complete
Japan Winter Family Trip
Best first read if you want the full NutNibbles format: city chapters, food links, hotel notes, and winter photos.
Planning previewFuture Japan guide
A soft landing page for the practical Japan food and route reference being shaped from the 2025 notes.
Food-firstMeals worth planning around
Go straight to the food index for fine dining notes, Japan comfort meals, and casual travel-day bites.
Country Journals
Start with the mood you want.
Japan / 18-29 Jan 2025
South Korea / 8-19 Dec 2022
South Korea Winter Trip
Seoul and Busan split the tone nicely: one chapter for hanok streets and skyline structure, another for coast air, comfort food, and colour.
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Hong Kong / 14-16 Jul 2023
Hong Kong Food Stops and City Moments
A compact family city break built around Causeway Bay wandering, Bakehouse egg tart, Yat Lok roast goose, and Disneyland happiness.
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Bangkok / May-Jun 2025
Bangkok 2025
Two compact city visits built around Wat Arun details, casual food breaks, massage pauses, ICONSIAM riverside light, and Khaan as the standout worth-it dinner memory.
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United Kingdom / 7-22 Nov 2023
UK and Scotland Autumn Trip
Longer and moodier: London easing in, England road stops in the middle, then a more atmospheric Scotland stretch with whisky rooms and old stone.
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Europe / 31 Dec 2019-12 Jan 2020
Europe Winter 2020
A fast winter route from Milan through Switzerland, Germany, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris, with the clearest memories sitting in Montreux, Blausee, Beatenberg, and Paris.
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Switzerland / 27 Dec 2021-8 Jan 2022
Europe Winter 2021/22 Alpine Route
A compact Swiss winter route note around Zurich, Bern, Zermatt, St Moritz, Poschiavo, Velogemel, Zermatt sunrise, and the practical lesson to book New Year lodging early.
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New Zealand / 19-28 Jul 2024
New Zealand Winter Road Trip
A North Island winter road journal with steam, cloud cover, lake stops, Taranaki views, and the softer green close of Matamata and Hamilton.
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Indonesia / 1-3 May 2026
Malang and Bromo Wedding Weekend
A family-led story rather than a sightseeing-first one: wedding warmth, mountain air, and the emotional texture of a short East Java weekend.
Open wedding weekendLonger trips are split into lighter chapters.
That is intentional. The best NutNibbles pages read like a journal with signposts: trip hub first, city chapters next, and food pages when one meal deserves its own memory.