by eandl | Nov 8, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
After our short trip from Hamamatsu we arrived at the Kyoto station, where we sought out the two-day travel passes. With those in hand we took the subway up two stops to shave off some walking time to our hotel. The most direct route would have been through the...
by eandl | Nov 6, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
Today we started north, starting with a subway ride to Senso-ji temple. From the station, the walk to the temple is lined with shops and restaurants, and can get very busy. The temple grounds were also quite busy with lots of school kids (we were stopped for a short...
by eandl | Oct 30, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
Way back in 2011 we had flights booked for a spring trip to Japan. Of course, that was the year they had the infamous earthquake & tsunami, so our flights were eventually canceled, and somehow we never got around to rebooking ourselves to Japan. When we discovered...
by eandl | Jun 29, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
As mentioned in the intro post, we booked our trip with miles into business class. We had flown Qatar once before on our way to Oman, so we were quite excited to fly them again, and this time try out their Q Suites. ORD > DOH > WDH Getting to Windhoek took ~36...
by eandl | Apr 30, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Our Douro Valley daytrip with EFun Tours had a late start due to three Brazilian ladies who couldn’t find parking. Thankfully we got along fine with the other couple on the tour, two retired Canadians from Halifax, and still managed to make all the stops as...