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Japan! Monday, April 3 - Homeward Bound
The Longest Day. Our last day in Japan , the first day of our return home, the 37-hour day in which we landed at Newark before...
sursumcorda, 17 April 2006 |
Japan! Sunday, April 2
We relaxed a bit this morning, spending our time packing, reading, and practicing kanji, depending on who we were. :) Our lunch...
Japan! Saturday, April 1
There was no view of Fuji today, which goes along with the weather change from yesterday's cold to much warmer today. We walked...
Japan! Friday, March 31
Mt. Fuji was beautiful again this morning, definitely worth getting up for. I took time today to begin packing, since...
Japan! Thursday, March 30
This was a much more relaxed day. Both Janet and I have personalities that require time for rejuvenation at home, and she is...
Japan! Wednesday, March 29
I was the only one up for a long time this morning, and was rewarded by a fabulous view of Mt. Fuji as I drank my tea in the...
Japan! Tuesday, March 28
Today was a walking day, which we began by heading in the direction of Kofu. Our first stop was the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of...
Japan! Monday, March 27
A stay at a Japanese-style hotel includes breakfast, and we had arranged for ours to be at 8:00. This was truly a Japanese...
Japan! Sunday, March 26
We slept well last night and felt better this morning, which is a good thing because we had another busy day ahead of us. After...
Japan! Saturday, March 25
I was up first this morning, turning the heater on, making tea, and finishing up the potato salad. We all left early for school;...
Japan! Friday, March 24
For years we slept on a mattress on the floor, and we've always enjoyed camping, but both of us found it hard to sleep the first...
Japan! Wednesday/Thursday March 22/23
I'm going to try to give a detailed picture of our trip to Japan, though the posts may come slowly, as they are long. Well, the first...
Yankee or Rebel? What Your Speech Reveals
This has nothing to do with Japan, except that a link to the site was waiting for me in an e-mail when we returned. I scored "38%...
Reverse Culture Shock, on Awakening
The first thing I did this morning was fall out of bed. After 11 days of sleeping on a futon in Japan, the floor was two and a half...
Learning about Worship from Japan
Modern American Christians know so little about worship, and I include myself as chief of sinners. I find it a difficult concept...
The Japanese Have the Coolest Toilets!
Chronological stories from our trip to Japan will have to wait until I have more time, but I'll try to fit in an occasionally tidbit...
A Celtic Fantasy
There were any number of reasons why we shouldn't have gone to the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's A Celtic Fantasy concert last...
Happy St. Patrick's Day to All!
Forget the green beer. After having discovered genuine Irish ancestors in my heritage, I'm even more convinced that any good...
Habana Grill
We should visit restaurants more often when they are closed! My post about the Sake Moon tells how we discovered that fine restaurant...
Unschooling in the News
Two recent articles on homeschooling were brought to my attention; specifically, they are about unschooling, that branch of the...
Sake Moon (aka Saikyo)
For many years before he died, my father would come visit us for a month each year around February (usually a good month to exchange...
3.14....
Happy Pi Day , everyone! Since I don't habitually use the 24-hour time format, or more truthfully, since I have better things to do...
Two Interesting Questions, with Answers
Our local newspaper includes Parade Magazine in its Sunday edition. I find it generally to be a waste of paper. (A judgment almost...
Ash Wednesday
Last year I was well prepared for Ash Wednesday, with a rather extensive personal program planned out for Lent. This year, what with...
Another Study for Chocolate Lovers
It is nearly as dangerous to base life's decisions on individual scientific studies as it is on Bible verses taken out of context....