We Can't Leave Until I Have My Shot Glass!

This isn't a post about alcoholism, although I’m sure it would be a lot more fun if I were describing a drunken rampage down the Amazon, or waking up in the tropics of Madagascar with only an empty tequila bottle to my name, but give me a few years and I might cover those stories as well.

Within the past week I visited the famous Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, Japan and completed one of my Japanese aims which was to find a shot glass with ‘Japan’ written on it. For every country I go to I collect a shot glass and add it to my collection. Some people collect postcards, some collect key rings, I collect shot glasses. This all started off when I was 17, visiting Amsterdam. As I was the young age of 17, my friend and I didn't get served for any….well you know what I mean... therefore we spent a lot of our time trailing round the sex museums, clothes stores and souvenir shops. I found a shot glass for €1 which seemed like a bargain so I bought it. My second shot glass was in Disneyland Paris. As a Disney loser I went crazy in the downtown Disney souvenir shop and bought most things my hands could grab. This of course added up to over €100, so I put a lot of things back and headed for the SALE section, and wa la Disney shot glass found on sale for €1, hardly surprising as no child is searching for that truly perfect shot glass with Mickey Mouse’s face on.

In a Place Called Tokyo

Tokyo is one of the biggest cities in the world, and also one of the most expensive. You can’t find a city quite like it. Even similar cities such as Shanghai, Singapore City and Beijing, don’t quite match the same mix of hustle, bustle, tradition and quirkiness like this capital. Tokyo has many districts, just like most big cities, which are all linked by an underground and overground train system, not to make things confusing or anything….

Even though you can cover a lot in a few days, you could spend a few weeks here and still not have even touched on the most weirdest and wonderful parts of this great capital. However, I’m here to make it a bit easier and below I've highlighted how you could spend your time in the weird and wonderful city that is Tokyo.

My 2013 Travel Resolutions

Just like any girl, I love making a list. My best friend and I made our Missions Before We’re 25 Bucket List when we were 18, which included a fair few countries I wanted to visit. Furthermore, from looking at other travel blogs I've found that a lot of fellow bloggers have a travel bucket list, which tends to be pretty generic of what people want to achieve on their travels. Well, as it’s the start of a new year, I’m going to do a 2013 bucket list. 

Disneyland

Just like any self-respecting 22 year old adult, I'm a huge fan of Disney... judge away but I love Disney and especially Disneyland. What's not to love when you combine a land of childhood characters, roller-coasters and magic… Okay, so Disney may not sound like everyone's cup of tea but I once had an aim to visit every Disneyland in the world, maybe not so much now as I've discovered life beyond the Magic Kingdom, but here goes the blog anyway.

There are five Disneyland parks in the world (in order of opening):

1. Disneyland Resort - California 
2. Walt Disney World Resort - Florida 
3. Tokyo Disney Resort - Tokyo 
4. Disneyland Paris (Euro Disney Resort) - Paris 
5. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort - Hong Kong