This is post #6 of our Tokyo-Seoul trip: part 1 of Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Today is the day I'd set aside to track down a Blythe doll in Tokyo. I was determined, equipped with a hot spot and working phone, to track this tiny shop, Junie Moon, and buy myself a doll. They are… Continue reading Blythe Doll
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Kamakura, Part 2: Hasedera, and the Daibutsu of Kamakura
This is post #5 of our Tokyo-Seoul trip, for the second half of Tuesday, November 7, 2017, a continuation of the previous post. After walking back to the station, we are hungry and tired and maybe even a little bit hangry, so we both hit the gift shop looking for something to eat. It's a… Continue reading Kamakura, Part 2: Hasedera, and the Daibutsu of Kamakura
Kamakura • Part 1: Hokokuji, Jomyoji, and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Temples
This is post #4 of our Tokyo-Seoul trip, for the first part of Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Just to remind myself: I am in a different country. Good morning, Tokyo. Today is Kamakura Day! We squared away our travel on Hyperdia, got ourselves ready and headed to City Bakery to get our breakfast to go.… Continue reading Kamakura • Part 1: Hokokuji, Jomyoji, and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Temples
Tokyo: Asakusa and Kappabashi
This is post #2 of our Tokyo-Seoul trip, for the first half of Monday, November 6, 2017. Coming out of our hotel room after a typical first-night-in-a-new-country sleep, we see this. I guess we can tell where the elevators are. Our hotel is in the Ginza area of Tokyo, near to where Dave's conference will… Continue reading Tokyo: Asakusa and Kappabashi
Goodbye Dublin, Hello Berlin
This is post #5 of our Dublin-Berlin trip in September 2018. I have a reminder that I am in a different country, whenever I pull up my phone and there is a different language on my screen. I woke up this morning thinking Happy News! That's the last time I'll ever have to sleep in… Continue reading Goodbye Dublin, Hello Berlin
Meeting Dublin
This is post #1 of our Dublin-Berlin trip in September 2018. Wednesday, September 12, 2018 We left Los Angeles Tuesday evening, on Aer Lingus, an untested airline. Now having flown them internationally and locally, go for international. They make you pay for water locally (pet peeve of mine). This was taken Wednesday, before we arrived… Continue reading Meeting Dublin
Annecy
This is post #2 of our 2017 Geneva, Switzerland-France trip, September 2017. The town of Annecy was a short drive from our hotel in Talloires, so after lunch on Sunday, we drove over there. These mountain are known as the "teeth" mountains--the Dents de Lanfon--we see them just as we drive out of the little… Continue reading Annecy