JAPAN | Thursday, 20 Aug 2009 | Views [77]
If you will be traveling to Japan with children (or are just a big kid yourself) I would suggest bringing a plain notebook or buy one when you get here. I found out near the end of trip that in nearly every castle or other places to visit, there is a ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [113]
If you would like to have an entertaining meal in Japan, I would suggest stopping in at a sushi family restaurant. It is a friendly place where all the staff yells out hello and goodbye every time a patron either enters or leaves the establishment.... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 14 Aug 2009 | Views [110] | Comments [2]
Since I involuntarily
volunteered to test the Bolivian medical system, JN so kindly decided to take a
turn and test the local system on this trip.
I knew something was
wrong when I spotted a taxi slowly ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 14 Aug 2009 | Views [117] | Comments [1]
When we were looking into coming to Japan at the end of July, I was in charge of the packing, JN was in charge of finding lodgings. As we have done during our long trips to Australia and San Francisco, JN organized home exchanges for us. For those of ... Read more >
JAPAN | Saturday, 8 Aug 2009 | Views [75]
L was very
kind to make us a packed lunch for our trip to Nagoya. JN was brilliant in navigating through
the bus/subway/train system to get us to our destination. We are now staying at
V’s place in Nagoya.
This is her first home exchange ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 7 Aug 2009 | Views [78] | Comments [3]
One word to say about Osaka in August, hot. Hot when you wake up, hot when you get out of the shower, hot when you get dressed, and all this before 7h30 AM. Add to this that I was told that the Japanese think that we smell, I have been putting multi-... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [92]
The flight to Osaka went well, I was hardly disturbed at all by all the intensive coloring that was going on beside me. Only it was not SB doing the coloring, we did not get seats together, but two teenage Japanese girls who were intently working ... Read more >
Tags: arrival
JAPAN | Friday, 31 Jul 2009 | Views [94]
“Mommy, I am tired of having cereal for breakfast,” said SB as he sat slumped over his bowl and I was trying to pack suitcases before rushing off to work. “Uh, I think in about two weeks you will be wishing for that bowl of cereal,” I answered. We are ... Read more >
Tags: packing, japan, leaving
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Views [220]
When we last left off, your heroine et al. were on their way to Buenos Aires, Argentina to spend four days before heading back to Toulouse, France. It was understood that Philippe had a friend/address/etc. in Buenos Aires. So it came as a surprise at ... Read more >
Tags: i should have known better!
BOLIVIA | Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Views [235]
The wake up call came at four fifteen and we were down and on our way by five AM. La Paz was already awake; stands were already open for business, lines were being formed, traffic and pedestrians were already clogging the streets. Everyone was ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
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