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Sumo Wrestlers

Tokyo Rules – Japan

Culture shock, getting lost in translation,…we were warned. But after the chaos of Rome, we were met with everything being clean, impossibly efficient, courtesy, politenes, and unheard of customer service. Even the sushi in the 7-11 was yummy. This was in the airport. The only shock has been how wonderful traveling Japan is (Living here? […]

Iceland

We brought longjohns, gloves n toques and havent needed them so far…and only now, on our 6th and last full day in Iceland have we met significant rain. It’s a good day to peck away at this blog. While we’ve seen glaciers and snow, we wonder if they have anymore than we do. And with […]

The Itinerary

Our Itinerary is roughly laid out below. We only have up to our flights to China booked, the rest has purposely been left open, so that we can meander, be spontaneous and have the flexibility to fall in love with a place and stay for awhile. September London: touring the city with Stan (Trish’s Dad) […]

Preparations

As any cook knows, it takes hours and days to prepare a good meal and seconds to eat it. The same goes for travel. We have been planning for this trip for 3 years.. and now that it is a matter of weeks away, we are frantically researching, packing and taking care of last minute […]