In our trip planning, we wanted to stay on the Right and Left Banks. But how would we transition between the two? How about a three-day, two-night mini-trip […]
France / Friends / Travels
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Hermès in Nantes at Paysage Pommeraye
Our fourth day featured another day trip! This time is was off to Nantes to do some shopping at Hermes. I know! So chi-chi. It’s not a brand […]
France / Friends / Travels
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Get the Passion Monuments Pass! Sainte Chapelle, Notre Dame, and Dinner at Bichet
Our second day in Paris was jam-packed. My vacation planning has no chill. Except when it’s chilled champagne! We woke up and headed out. Our two scheduled items […]
Friends / Travels
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Hermes to Versailles: Grand Canal bike ride and Coppola’s Marie Antoniette
Our first day in Paris! I woke up to the very faint sounds of my low-volume alarm. I was completely disoriented and initially didn’t know where I was. […]
Friends / Travels
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7 Hour Layover in Copenhagen: City Highlights Tour
It’s time for another vacation adventure! The origin story for this one is from The France-y Pants party where Jyotsna and I decided we should go to Paris […]
California / Family / Friends / Sister
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May Wrap-Up
May was an exceptional month! So many great things happen that I’m kind of wistful/down that it’s all over. But at the same time, of course I’m so […]
Japan / Kamakura
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Longest Day of My Life: Kita-Kamakura –> Daibutsu/Kamakura hike, Kamakura Sightseeing, & California Birthday Party
I think this was the longest day of my life: a half-day of activities in Japan, a trans-Pacific flight, and a friend’s birthday party. When I felt tired […]
Japan
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A Tokyo Day Trip: Omotesando, Ginza’s Car-Free Sunday, and Dinner Near Tsukiji
Time for another brief Tokyo daytrip, which is fitting since that’s one of the names this blog has had in the past. I decided I wanted to go […]
Japan
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Revisiting Yokohama: A BayStars Game, DELICIOUS Yakiniku, and My Old Apartment
Almost 19 years ago (!), I lived in Yokohama. I was fresh out of intern year about to be a general practice doctor on the aircraft carrier “forward […]
Japan
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Sendai, Japan: Conference Days, Zunda Desserts, and a Soba Breakfast Worth the Trip
Arriving in Sendai After a lovely few days in Japan strictly for adjusting to the time change, it was time to go to the conference. The Japanese Otolaryngology […]