Day 3 of our mini-vacation! We started off at The City Bakery. We were a little earlier than the day before and ended up with an Egg Benedict […]
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30 Hours in Kyoto!
Bamboo Forest, Arashiyama Sagoy! I am very impressed with SMS and I! Two weeks ago, my friend Marissa wrote to me to let me know that she and […]
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Linda & Rip Take on Japan! Day 8: Sayonara :(
My shot of SMS in the Park last December The day started off with delicious Italian coffee (several steps up from FamilyMart!), pastries from Boulangerie Burdigala and breakfast […]
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Linda & Rip Take On Japan! Day 5: Kyoto, cont…
Tom Sawyer in Japan! We woke up to clearing skies after the heavy rain from the night before. We were pretty excited to see more of beautiful Kyoto! […]
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Linda & Rip Take On Japan! Day 4: Kyoto (cont…)
Maple Leaves and reflection at the Ryoan-ji Lake. Our first full day in Kyoto coincided with the arrival of rain from the remnants of typhoon Vongfong. Fortunately, the […]
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Linda & Rip Take On Japan! Day 3: Kyoto
The next day, we went to brunch at the Officer’s Club on base. There we met up with one of the general surgeons and her parents. She was […]
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Linda & Rip Take On Japan! Day 2: Kamakura
On Saturday, I woke up around 7:30 to find that everyone was already up, even SMS! His clock reset after a recent rock-climbing trip so he got up […]
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Linda & Rip Take on Japan! Day 1: Arrival & Yokosuka
So happy! (SMS Photo) SMS and I continue to have action-packed lives because this past week, we’ve been enjoying the company of his parents here in Japan! We […]
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Zoom, Zoom, Suzuka!
SMS and I decided that we wanted to see a Formula 1 race last New Year’s Eve when we thought it would be really cool to see […]
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Miraikan and the Poop Exhibit!
Over the Summer, I had heard about a museum exhibit with a toilet-shaped slide that kids could slide down wearing little feces hats on their heads. This sounded […]