Seoul is an lively, large city with many things to do and see. But I quickly realized that I had to shake things up a bit. I have only been on the road for two weeks but I can already feel myself slipping into a routine. Morning coffee, visting a national historical site or a lively… Read more
I JUST BOARDED the Shinkansen (bullet train) from Kyoto Station all the way back to Narita Airport near Tokyo. Its my last day in Japan and I head out for Seoul, Korea this evening. I cannot believe 10 days have passed since I left home. I have a feeling these 5 months are going to go… Read more
Where to begin? I feel like so many days have past and so much has happened since my last post. I keep checking the date to make sure I haven’t missed a blog update (Mondays and Thursdays, ya’ll). But nope – I’m still on schedule. Over the next 5 months, I do not plan to make… Read more
Just wrapping up day four in Tokyo and what a day it was! My friend Midori, who came to see me at the hotel the night I arrived, took a day off of work and plannend a full day of sight seeing for me. And when I say planned I don’t just mean that she put together… Read more
It was a mad dash to get here – no sleep, a last minute shopping frenzy, extreme packing, and finally a bowl of killer shrimp – but I eventually made it onto the plane. Sunday morning I left LA and Monday afternoon I landed here in Tokyo. I made it – the first stop on this… Read more
