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Yes, I have noticed this too with many of the places I frequent use to be fee free now have little signs saying they have fees. One bakery I have been going to for years always paid card and my last visit they put up a little sign saying 1.5% fee for CC and Debits.

While it is true tipping was invented in the Tudor era as way for Nobles to show favouritism amongst their servants, American style tipping really started in the Reconstruction Era as a way for Southern restaurant owners and hoteliers to continue not paying their black staff after the abolishment of slavery. Over time restauranters realised the practice could be applied to all people and as white people got affected the southern states did try to ban tipping but by then it was so entrenched restaurant lobby groups managed to quash any legislation. In the North it was Prohibition Era that accelerated the spread of tipping as speakeasies didn't pay their servers so they only earned tips. The end of the Prohibition era those now legal bar and restaurant owners didn't want to go back to paying servers and since the New Deal excluded restaurants and eateries from the minimum wage tipping just became normalised across the country.

I think it is important to keep in mind in cases like this that it is probably cheap for you. For locals it could be a just within their budget eating out treat and when tourists start tipping generously it can lead to price hikes that price locals out of those venues entirely or have them turned away in favour of what business owners hope will be higher tipping tourists. Sometimes being too generous can lead to other problems🙄.

Love how bribes have been rebranded as tips😂.

Naxos?

Is it in Tanzania?

Box office wise they do really well even Miyazaki's last film which was perhaps his weirdest. I remember one of the founders of Pixar said that they were modelling their studio on Ghibli which clearly was a winning strategy for them at least pre Disney😂.

Well if you get a chance to finish it, its well worth the watch. Though if there is one Miyazaki film if you're only going to watch one I feel everyone should see it would be Spirited Away.

It refers to Studio Ghibli whom one of the founders Hayao Miyazaki is considered one of the greatest film animators of all time. The clock itself was designed by Miyazaki and is stylistically similar one of his films Howl's Moving Castle. And yes the name does have something to do with hot desert wind as Miyazaki chose the name because he wanted to blow a wind of change in the anime industry😂.

It is part of the Vivid Light festival. It is enchanting, there was one installation that depicted whales frolicking in the sea but only using lights and sound, it was mesmerising and my videos just don't do it justice. Some experiences only work in real life. Unfortunately though it only runs around end of May to beginning/middle of June.

Nailed it. That was the answer I was looking for. Really great event during Vivid, this pics were from 2023.

There are a few Botanical Gardens in Sydney so I will need a more specific answer😉.

You're in the right city, now just need the place. The theme should be the clue🪴

OK that was unexpected😂. Don't have a lot of pics right now so, here is a well known place but seen in a different light:

Okavango Delta Botswana?

There are smoky sakes so they can be reminiscent of whiskey and there are some non traditional brewers who do age sake in whiskey barrels like wine producers but overall it doesn't really taste like whiskey. It doesn't have malt or hops so it is much lighter. If you have a sake that is higher on the floral notes it can be herbaceous like gin but it won't have the bitter notes you get from gin. It is a bit sweetish but in a savoury way if that makes sense? Should also add the alcohol content is much lower than spirits.

Unfortunately my visit coincided with it being closed, but it is definitely on the list if I ever return to Tokyo.

Personally I love sake, I would even pick it over wine😂. If you get an opportunity for tasting you will find they come in quite a few flavours like wine. Usually I go for the lighter sakes that are floral and fruity.

Costa Rica Tortuguero?

As a fan of Miyazaki films I made an effort to see the Ghibli clock😄. Did you get in time to see it play it's show?

The Pantanal Brazil?

Everglades, Florida?

Somewhere on the Nile?

It looks like I should have posted this link here😂. Anyway here is a blog about a couple starting their Residential Cruise journey. They will be sailing with Villa Vie Residences: Residential Cruising The Basics

Stumbled across this blog about residential cruising. This couple is just starting their journey and they are detailing it from planning to life living on a cruise ship. Since I have seen from time to time some questions about living on ship in this sub forum, I thought some CCers might enjoy following this blog so here's the link for those interested: Residential Cruising