I was in Japan on Memorial Day-and while I remembered the day in my mind-I also did little in the way of observing it. Certainly did not go to any ceremonies or the like. AFN had a bit about Memorial Services at the respective bases in Japan and ran the
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Busy night
Trying to convince the S.O. to do something. It does not appear to be working from this self portrait: Speaking of portraits I have uploaded some more pix from the Japan trip. A visit to Neko town. Out to Chiba. ( Where the S.O. used to live). Harajuku for girl
Continue readingAnd the World Cup begins….
And this year-I’m getting behind the World Cup. Every where else in the world-businesses and life in general comes to a halt while national teams play for nationalism and bragging rights. The US? Er, not so much-we don’t seem to get behind our team the way other nations do. The
Continue readingMy contribution to the meme…..
Keeping the chain moving from Savannah: “the latest meme in blogville. the twist is that after i answer her [very good] questions, i get to ask 10 NEW questions and tag another set of bloggers!” 1. How many countries have you traveled to? ( Travel to means at least an
Continue readingPix, Pix, Pix.
New albumns posted this morning-a couple more to follow. For now you can visit Ameyoko, which is a neighborhood near Ueno Station. A great place to people watch and buy things for less money. Tsukiji Fish Market.
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Have not even been back 24 hours yet. Catching up on sleep, work , bills. Something has to give and it would appear to be blogging. However……… Expat at Large has tagged me with a meme. Not sure of its coherence or theme per se-but a challenge is a challenge
Continue readingIt is still not Sayonara……
But again it is Ja matte ne. This has been a great week-so great. Saturday we went to Oedo Onsen and had dinner and a soak. Its kind of a neat thing. You go and pay your fee, change into a Yukata, then you walk around a center place with
Continue readingThe answer is…..
The picture in the previous post is the “Zero Milestone” which is located at Nihon Bashi. All road distances were supposed to be measured in Japan from this point-and it was the place that the Shogun ordered 5 roads built from the old capital of Edo. ( Now Tokyo). The
Continue readingQuiz night.
Here is a trivia quiz question. Do you know what this is? Answer tomorrow. Consider this an open post-I’ll let Curtis pick the topic.
Continue readingWinding up
Sadly, its the end of the week and this great little adventure is going to have to come to an end. Returning to Hicksville and the job nuttiness soon enough. I still get two more evenings here in paradise though. I intend to savor them. This has been the best
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