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Author: Ally M.G.

  • Japan Day 5 | Ritsumeikan

    I feel like I will be waking at 6am very often during my stay in Japan, because today I once again woke up around 6am. After getting ready, the Ritsumeikan buddies: Mayu and Haruka, picked us up from our accommodations and walked with us to the bus stop. Buddies are students from Ritsumeikan who volunteer…

  • Japan 4 | Heading to Kyoto

    My day started off great! I woke up at 6am this time! (one more hour each day). Today was not as action and adventure packed like the last three days, because I needed to take the Shinkansen (The bullet train) down to Kyoto. Amanda and I were up and ready to go by 8ish. We…

  • Japan 3 | Harajuku and Akihabara

    At 5am I was up with country of the rising sun. I had a whole hour extra than the day prior (hooray!) My body still thinks it is in Miami, so it is a weird sensation when it is Sunday and your body thinks it’s Saturday.  Today’s adventure was action packed! Bunch of different places to…

  • Japan | Shibuya and Tokyo Tower

    My second day in Tokyo was definitely much better than the first. It began at 4am when hunger woke me up. Obviously at this time nothing was open…so I waited. It was about 7am when I officially left my hostel in the search for breakfast. It was a little café a 3 minute from the…

  • Pre-Departure | Look & Bag

    In a couple of days I will be embarking on the first big adventure in my life. In just a few days I will be boarding a massive plane to ride in the sky for about 13 hours straight to Japan. (well with a layover in Canada). I have never been to a new place…

  • In Shadow and Bone | Book Review

    In Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, We dive into the world of Ravka and explore the lives of the Grisha. The nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a sea of darkness crawling with monsters that feed on the flesh of the living. Alina Starkov is just a simple…

  • Alienated by Melissa Landers | Book Review

    In Alienated by Melissa Landers. We follow the story of top high school student Cara Sweeny as she is chosen to be the host to a exchange student from an alien race.  Two years ago, aliens made contact with Earth and now Cara will have to share a bathroom with one. The alien race of…

  • Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard | Book Review

    Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard will cause emotional turmoil and destroy all the trust you once held. We follow the tale of seventeen-year-old Mare Barrow’s, a common girl whose magical powers draw her into the dangerous world of the king’s palace. Mare’s world is divided by blood – those with Red blood are the commons,…

  • Spring Tea

    Tea has been part of my life for a couple years now. I don’t exactly remember when I became infatuated with tea…probably around age 14/15. I also don’t remember what came upon me to start liking tea….maybe it was because I did not like coffee? Who knows…what’s important now is that tea is part of…

  • Hollow City by Ransom Riggs | Book Review

    Hollow City is Ransom Riggs’ sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Hollow City was a really wonderful book that is creepy, mysterious and thrilling and it has photographs that are usually found in antique fairs. The photographs being one of the key factors that makes this book and it’s predecessor so unique. These…