Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Chris and I went on a prearranged wine tour through the Swan Valley. We had a lovely morning and the tour would have been perfect if our lunch at the third winery had been concluded with chocolate petite fours, followed by a bus home and naps. We’d signed up for this particular wine tour because…
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Today was it….the festival I’ve been dancing for all summer! We met on base in the gym so some nice Japanese ladies could dress us all in our yukata (summer kimono). Then we rode a bus over to the Yamato train station area to PERFORM!! We shuffled along to the parade area in a single-file…
It’s like you’re there! …er, here!
I told Chris I’d found a place for us to stay in Perth and was ready to book it, and he said, “Oh, uh, can you find something closer to Fremantle?” I began my search anew, booked a crappy, overpriced hostel that was in our budget, and voila–what good teamwork that was without our even…
This week I was feeling lonely…Lonely Planet, that is. The Lonely Planet Tokyo guidebook is a handy pocket/purse size and has this somewhat intimidating city conveniently broken down into neighborhoods. This is very helpful, because it’s difficult to get a good sense of where anything is in Tokyo when all your travel is done below…
While you were all snug in your beds, the morning side of the world was outside frowning up at the clouds and getting rained on for the sake of an eclipse. My friend Elaine looked around and said, “Yeah, total eclipse of the clouds.” I think Iwo Jima got the total eclipse, lasting more than…
