Tag: hong kong
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Farewell… Mount Zero, Hong Kong
Long-time readers of this blog know that we (especially Chris) like bookstores. The bookstores featured in this post and the next two share one common aspect: all three are independent and small. Enjoy a piano performance by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto while reading this post. Mount Zero Mount Zero Books (見山書店) is located in the…
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Looking back at our trips in 2023, Part 1
Happy New Year ! It is a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited in the previous year. Let’s kick off with some tunes by Australian artists (4 songs) and see where we went in 2023. Click ▶ to play Because of our move to a…
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Our trips 2018, part 2
Dear Readers, It has been a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. In Part 1, we posted photos of places we visited in the second half of 2018. Here are the places we visited in the first half. Click on the links, where…
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Our trips 2018, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy 2019 ! It is a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. We traveled more in 2018 than 2017, at least in terms of distance traveled. Chris had been to Hong Kong and Tokyo twice and went to the Middle East. Click…
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Art Basel 2018, Hong Kong
I (Chris) was in Hong Kong and managed to catch the Art Basel 2018 show on its last day. The show was hosted at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center on the Wanchai harbourfront. Sis had complimentary tickets and access to the VIP lounge, where we had a nice simple lunch there. A Swiss sponsor’s hardware…
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Breakthrough Book Gallery 突破書廊, Hong Kong
When I(Chris) was in Hong Kong during Easter, I came across this bookstore. Breakthrough (突破) was a magazine that was published between 1973 and 1999. When I was in secondary school in Hong Kong, I was a school librarian and flipped through it. The history of the magazine, the social movement and its activities are described here.…