Year: 2014

A Little Village – Varenna

We’ve travelled to the European continent and find ourselves in a small little village in the town of Varenna, Italy..

Raiders of the lost ark…

Raiders of the lost ark…

Today was a visit to the British Museum of London.  The nice thing is public museums in London are free…

Mary Poppins and the chimneys

Mary Poppins and the chimneys

It’s fun listening to the Brits talk. The men sound like Dick Van Dyke when he played the part of..

A Foggy day in London

A Foggy day in London

The first day of International traveling is always the toughest.  The flight from San Francisco to London is ten hours…

Adriatic Sea Cruise

Adriatic Sea Cruise

Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Malta, Italy…heading to the Adriatic Sea on Celebrity Cruises.  It will be a new adventure, some places..

Fun facts about Japan

Fun facts about Japan

  It looks like our trip is over and tomorrow morning we head back to California.  We’ve learned a lot..

Hiking at Fushimi Inari-taisha

Hiking at Fushimi Inari-taisha

We took the train today from Osaka back to Kyoto and exited at the Inari station to visit Fushimi Inari-taisha,..

Shinsaibashi and Dōtonburi – Shopping & Dining in Osaka

Shinsaibashi and Dōtonburi – Shopping & Dining in Osaka

They said that Osaka is a shopping city, but we had no idea to what extent until we visited the..

Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle

We’ve moved to a different hotel,  27 miles from Kyoto to Osaka, the third largest city in Japan, after Tokyo..