Category: Parents
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Summer 2020 Catch-Up
If 2020 was a drink, what would it be? Vodka in a water bottle when you were expecting it to be water. Now, this is from a funny person on the internet, but I laughed so hard since this has happened to me, it is a horrible surprise, and it aptly describes 2020. A quick…
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Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time!
Christmas festivities throughout December… I blogged about it “December 7” thanks to back-dating, but SMS and I went to December Lights and recreated our meeting 7 years ago! We went during the day because we went to his sister and husband’s Christmas party that evening. The next week, I travelled back to Virginia to do…
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Birthday weekend, Part 2: Napa!
After sleeping soundly in the guesthouse’s comfortable beds, we woke up to celebrate my birthday! SMS and I were up first so we headed to Bouchon Bakery for pastries. We ordered a delicious assortment including a croissant, almond croissant, chocolate almond croissant and pain au chocolat. In order to disrupt the theme, we also ordered…
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Napa Wine Tasting Day!
The Fab Four at Jericho Canyon We woke up and rolled straight out of bed to an awesome breakfast! Our B&B Wine Way Inn features a great breakfast spread every morning. We had a dutch pancake in a castiron pan, blueberry muffins, yogurt and granola, roasted peaches and French-press coffee. Yum! After breakfast, I…
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Day 8: Sayonara, *sniff!*
Whah! The vacation was awesome but too short. I love hanging out with Mom and Dad but now it was time for them to go to DC. I was very sad to see them go! They took the Airport Limousine bus to Narita. Their JR passes had expired and the bus is super convenient since…
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Day 7: Kamakura and Tokyo
The good weather was back! Not to be too boring in talking about the weather but it is so much nicer to be a tourist on a sunny day! This was our last full day (v. sad) and we took a day trip to Kamakura. We were supposed to go the day prior but I…
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Day 6: Tokyo
This was our one day of bad weather. The day before there was some rain, but the heaviest was while we were on the train. Not today! We got soaked but we didn’t let it stop us! Start and end of the Cruise: Hama Rikyu (right) and Asakusa pier (left), with view of SKYTREE and…
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Day 5: Nara
I woke up and was pleasantly surprised that my feet were still attached to my body. I thought I had walked them off the day before but nope! There they were, ready for another day! On my “To Do Next Time” List The weather, which had been amazing, was now starting to turn a bit.…
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Day 4: Kyoto
Matsuda-san, pointing out his name on the temple donor wall Day 4 was a nice day because we left the tour guiding to someone else. My XO and his awesome wife highly recommended 松田 和久 (Kazuhusa Matsuda) of Meet Us Kyoto as a tour guide. He’s a retired banker. He used to be the Kyoto Branch manager for…
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Day 3: Arashiyama, Kyoto
Little o-jizos We slept in a little bit on Day 3. Then it was off to the Western part of Kyoto to Arashiyama, a beautiful, less urban part of the city where we explored several temples and walked through beautiful bamboo forests. We took the public bus with a few dozen of our new best…
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