I am delighted that as our World Blogging Challenge starts, Alda of the Iceland Weather Report is our blogger of the day.

Andy is an expat regularly blogging about "News, Views, Life and Current Affairs in Japan". He has a very readable blogging style with a little dry humour expertly observing the idiosycracies and commenting on some stereotypes of the Japanese.

For example his train fight post educates about the dog eat dog world of Tokyo commuting and entertain at the same time:

This is not technically a city blog as Karie & Scott move around so much but I love reading the first impressions of the places they visit seen through wide and observant American eyes. They are a married couple who sold practically everything they own and moved to Barcelona, and are currently travelling around Europe, seemingly going absolutely everywhere!

Rachel is a New Yorker who moved to Rio in 2007 with a lively blog that chronicles her "adventures, pitfalls, and general loucura of being a gringa in Rio".
The daily updates are entertaining and in giving her own views on life in Brazil, occasionally controversial. Good for her since surely whether you agree or disagree with her point of view, a blogger should describe life in a foreign country as he or she sees it?

Krista is an American girl who likes food. But not cooking. Clearly. She maintains a prodigious output on her Londondelicious blog documenting her travels around the city's restaurants.

The term flâneur comes from the French verb flâner, which means "to stroll". A flâneur is thus a person who walks the city in order to experience it. (See flâneur on Wikipedia) This is a fine angle for a city blog, and in wandering New York, NeoFlaneur (R.

When I first came across this blog I was immediately impressed by the quality of the writing; in the directory I simply said "She's good, really good...Enough said. Check it out." So I suppose it didn't surprise me that the author, Kim, turned out to be a professional journalist.

Buenos Aires through my Eyes is the "official website of Bitch Tours, a student from Buenos Aires who guides tourists as a part time job." Although the tone might be too in your face for some tastes I find it aggressively amusing, and strangely addictive reading, as it can be somewhat unpredictable. Combined with an obvious porteñas knowledge of the city this can be both entertaining and enlightening.

The Blogger's Guide is based on the premise that local bloggers make for both more entertaining and informative reading than a traditional guidebook writer, and after reading Roy's Dublin Taxi blog I can think of no better day job (or night job in Roy's case) for a blogger to get their finger on the pulse of a city.