Category: Travel

The next day we had to be up early and check out of our Airbnb. So far this had been the best one so far. I would certainly suggest it to anyone heading to Kyoto with a few people (or a family). We made it to the train station and caught our first train down…

So our time in Japan was coming to an end in a few days. This day had a big event planned. “B” and the girls had been watching videos of Otters online for months. They were associated with these otter café’s in Japan. Well, “B” found out that she could schedule an hour of private…

For our first day in Kyoto “B” ended up making it a massively full day. We had planned to go to Kinkaku (the golden temple) and then do a little shopping and call it a day, BUT as is quite normal with my wonderful wife, she saw more things “in the area” to do. First…

I forgot to past a picture of me with the car I got to drive while staying at the shack in the mountains. So here it is. Look at this car. It was tiny, but it sat the 4 of us with little trouble. It was a very simple car. No frills at all. I…

Getting to Hakuba required 4 trains. Our first train was a short 3 stop one and then we got on a long express train. This train took us across the countryside, and we got to see Mt. Fuji along the way. We picked this route because of that fact. It added a little time to…

We had to get to Japan. So, we drove to LA. We rented a car at Sky Harbor and headed out. This should have been a less than 6-hour drive, BUT there was some kind of major road incident in the west valley on I-10 that day and we ended up with over an hour…

As some of you know my family took a big summer trip this year. This is something that occurs every 7 years (or so) for us because “B” gets a sabbatical every 7 years. We started planning for this trip back in December of 22 and talks started before that. It was decided by the…

Hello readers. As some of you know my family is heading out on vacation. I am working on uploading some for a while so you still get a once a week look into my thoughts, life, complaints, etc. You will not get emails from me about postings. So, if you want to read what has…

Vacationing is something we did some as a family while I was growing up like regular trip to Chicago to visit family and friends and grandma and grandpa in the white mountains, but that was about it for the most part. We did do Washington DC one year. My wife really introduced me to vacationing…