Travelling Nevada in a Campervan: Valley of Fire State Park

Travelling Nevada with a Campervan: Valley of Fire State Park

After spending several days hiking Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park in October, my parents and I started to make our way back to Las Vegas, from where we were to fly out. Luckily, we spent a night at Valley of Fire State Park, which is just a short drive from Las Vegas and […]

International Design: Cityscape Illustrations by Laura Amiss

Amsterdam Canal Houses Canvas Art Print by lauraamiss

The colourful and whimsical illustrations by artist Laura Amiss are so beautiful, even more so since her cityscapes are of some of my favourite cities! Artwork and illustrations are a great way to distill the quintessential elements of a city or country, something that can rarely be captured in a single photograph. Of course, the artist […]

Meinhilde’s Travel Plans for 2015

Saudi Arabia desert

Tomiko and I get anxious if we have vacation time with no travelling. Some families camp. Others go skiing. Some go to the cottage or just hang around the house. Our family’s thing was travel, especially when we lived in Saudi Arabia. Our parents met in Thailand, lived in Canada for a while, and then […]

Kiku Corner is Turning One!

Minted cascade foil-pressed wedding invitations, Kiku Corner

Kiku Corner is one year old today! Tomiko and I started Kiku Corner in order to document what we normally do for fun – cooking and baking, knitting and crocheting, travelling and eating out. We’ve learned so much since we started Kiku Corner one year ago, and we wanted to share some of those insights […]

Travelling Utah with a Campervan – Bryce Canyon National Park

Travelling Utah with a Campervan - Bryce Canyon National Park, Kiku Corner

Continuing with our trip in October to Utah, Bryce Canyon National Park was our next stop after Zion National Park. Bryce Canyon is part of the same geological plateau as Zion National Park, just at a higher altitude. We felt quite out of breath the first day, hiking up from the bottom of the canyon. Unlike Zion, […]