Introduction We were in Osaka for 2 days back in April of this year during the cherry blossom season. We took the train from Kyoto to Osaka and arrived around 1pm or so. We initially wanted to go to Nara first since it’s “on the way” and then head to Osaka later, but didn’t want […]
Introduction In my last post, I said I had found my new favorite travel pants. Well, I was premature in declaring them my favorite because I hadn’t actually tested them yet. After I did, it was a disaster. So let’s recap this series: North Face travel pants The update to that post Better jeans than […]
Introduction On my last trip to Japan, I was using Google Maps to get around. It took me a solid week and change before I discovered some things about Google Maps that I wished I had known before my trip. So I’ll give you some tips that I’ve learned to help you the next time […]
Introduction We stayed her a couple of weekends ago for a family wedding. We stayed exactly 2 nights since that’s what the signup for the Chase Fairmont card got us. I was also able to use the suite upgrade, and upon checking in, they gave us an extra tier above that (or so they said.) […]
Introduction After bailing on my Machu Pichu trip, I decided to go back to Japan and Korea for the 2017 cherry blossom season. My wife has always wanted to go to DC to see the cherry blossoms, and so seeing it in Japan will be even better than that. The problem of course is […]