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Sydney

Bye bye Tokyo (and the increasingly cold weather), hello Southern Hemisphere (and Summer)! I’ve got to say it’s odd going from Fall heading into Winter, wearing jackets and boots, straight to 80°F over a 10 hour flight. It’s like this year, we’ve managed to totally skip Winter. Which is good! It’s been brutal in the US and we’ve seen the Facebook posts to prove it. Although we both want to somehow snowboard before all of the snow melts back home! But here we are, down under. One of my first… Read More

Tokyo

We’ve begun a new journey. This time, we’ve made our way far east, to Tokyo. Arriving a couple days ago, we are now settled into our apartment in Setagaya, or more precisely Mishuku. This is one stop from the popular Shibuya Station. The photo above was from the end of my 14 hour flight in from Atlanta when Mt. Fuji came into view as the sun was setting. We will be here for about a month and a half, departing on January 15th, 2014. Departing where, you say? To Sydney,… Read More

Brighton, UK

Today we got to sleep in and it was wonderous. We woke up slow, and decided to book our train tickets to Brighton! We had discussed earlier with roomies and friends about local beaches. The consensus was that the easiest and fastest beach to get to from London was Brighton. So we threw on our suits, grabbed a towel, and headed towards the tube.  The train ride was awesome! Somehow, on this beautiful Saturday, on a train headed towards a beach, it was empty. So we found our seats and… Read More