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Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [52] | Comments [4]
Today was our first wedding anniversary! We can't believe how quickly time has gone by! It's been a whirlwind of a year with many, many changes. Last year on this day, we were married on the beautiful beaches of Jamaica. Then the traveling adventures ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By lol | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [45] | Comments [1]
I just want to run around singing I'm so fricken happy!! This is only the beginning and I constantly feel on a natural high! Today we hung out with our American friends again who are very handy with a map. We rented bicycles for the day and cycled around ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [37] | Comments [1]
Today we left Tokyo and said goodbye to our super tiny hostel and Toshi our new friend we made there. We took the train into Kyoto and met three Americans from SanFransico. They happened to be staying at the same hostel as us so we decided to take ... Read more >
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [19]
TODAY WE DECIDED TO LEAVE TOKYO AND HEAD TO KYOTO JAPAN, WE SAID GOOD BYE TO SMALL JGH HOSTEL AND TOSHI. WE BOARDED ANOTHER SHINKANSEN TRAIN FOR A 2.5HOUR JOURNEY EAST TO KYOTO. ON THE TRAIN THERE WAS 3 OTHER TRAVELERS FROM SAN FRAN USA THEY WHERE HEADED ... Read more >
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [37]
NOVEMBER 7TH-SATURDAY, WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 4:30AM TO HEAD TO THE TSUJIKI FISH MARKET THE BIGGEST LIVE AUCTION IN THE WORLD. UPON ARRIVAL AT TSUJIKI STATION WE WHERE GREETED TO A FISHY SMELL WE KNEW WE WHERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, WE WHERE OFF TO FIND ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [43] | Comments [1]
So this would have been way better detailed but I lost the first version I had of it which was very frustrating. Ok so again here we go. Stacey and I got up super early 4am to go to the tokyo fish market. which we kept putting off a lot and I was starting ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [69] | Comments [1]
So as I expected I've been very sick the whole time I've been here. For those who know me this is not a surprise lol. What makes it worse is were in a hostel with paper thin walls and no heating. So each day I feel I wake up worse than the day before.... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [41]
Well again awake at 4:00am trying again to sleep as long as I could but had some extra excitment today as I was heading to TOKYO DISNEY LAND!! When I did awake and finally got ready we went to go get a 250 Yen bento box, it is 2 blocks from our hostel ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By aaronmanz | Views [48] | Comments [1]
November 5,
2009
Well,
Although I’m not quite finished the first week in Japan, I
figured I’d make a post to my travel blog because so much has happened already
that everything is starting to blur into itself. Sufficed to say, Japan ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [62] | Comments [1]
So we have finally arrived in Japan. What a long flight! Matt was waiting at the airport for us when we arrived which was so nice. He navigated us to JGH hostel in Nishi Kawaguchi. After getting used to the time difference we went to the Imperial ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [32]
WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 4AM GETTING READY TO HEAD TO THE TSUJKI FISH MARKET, BUT AS I WAS DOING MY LAST MINUTE NAVIGATION SKILLS I FOUND IT WAS CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS, SO BACK INTO BED I WENT, I COULD NOT FALL ASLEEP AS I STILL IN CANADA TIME ZONE! AFTER ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [33]
AFTER A BAD SLEEP AND FREEZINGS TOES AND A LOUD NIGHT OF JAPANESSE PARTIERS IN OUR HOSTEL I WOKE UP AT 5:30AM THERE TIME WITH A VERY SORE THROAT AND LOTS OF AMBITION TO GET OUT AND SEE TOYKO. OUR FIRST DESTINATION WAS TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE WE HEADED ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [33]
AFTER A 11HR FLIGHT ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES WE ARRIVED IN TOYKO AT NARITA AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT WAS FUNUMABLE WE WHERE TREATED TO HOT TOWELS, SOCKS, TOOTH BRUSH-PASTE, 4 EXHUSITE MEALS ALL OF JAPANESSE TASTE AND BEN AND JERRYS ICE-CREAM AND ALL THE ALCHOL ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 | By ladydowse | Views [28]
So I’ll admit it. Right now I want out. Eight months down the line and I’m having unfamiliar feelings…I think normal people call it homesickness. (In my defence it is coinciding with culture shock bottom out and from having 10 days left to decide whether ... Read more >
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