by Alison Cromie | Nov 6, 2008 | Adventures, Japan
The Last Leg Home Family Updates Kids Events Adventures Well, after an 8 hour day of traveling on trains, John and I made it to Narita. We have checked into our hotel, taken a bath, and are getting ready for bed. Our hotel is great, probably the biggest and nicest...
by John Cromie | Nov 5, 2008 | Adventures, Japan
Beppu: Full of Hell(s) Home Family Updates Kids Events Adventures We arrived in Beppu yesterday and checked into our hotel, which is very nice and is populated by a large number of eldery drunks, and some young drunks too, I suppose. Being a resort town, everyone here...
by John Cromie | Nov 3, 2008 | Adventures, Japan
Oh man, Omen. Home Family Updates Kids Events Adventures So, while before we got going on the philosopher’s walk, we stopped at a place that was recommended in our guidebook called ‘Omen.’ Essentially, it’s a place that sells udon noodles. There was a bit of a...
by Alison Cromie | Nov 3, 2008 | Adventures, Japan
Oh Deer! Home Family Updates Kids Events Adventures Today we tackled Nara. First off, Nara is a beautiful city and despite what people say, doing it in a single day just doesn’t cut it. We could have spent many more there. In fact, there was still a lot we didn’t get...
by Alison Cromie | Nov 2, 2008 | Adventures, Japan
A Day in Osaka Home Family Updates Kids Events Adventures Yesterday John and I left Kyoto early to go to Osaka to meet Blair and some of his friends from the JET program. We found out on the way there that there are more trains in Osaka than anywhere, or so it seemed....
by Alison Cromie | Nov 2, 2008 | Adventures, Japan
Souvenir Day! Home Family Updates Kids Events Adventures Yesterday John and I checked into our new ryokan, which is quite nice. We have the top floor and there are other guests on the bottom floor. They will be checking out today so we’ll have the place to ourselves...
