Go Carps, and Hello Hiroshima
November 07, 2016
Go Carps! Hoohoo! 2016 Central Division Champs, baby! No doubt about it. Of course, what would you expect from a team with Tanaka, Kikuchi, Arai AND K...
Camp Champions Blog
A Haiku for a Hostel
November 05, 2016
Osaka must have looked really modern in the 1970’s. OK, perhaps the entire city does not look like Pittsburg 40 years ago, but the area we stayed in w...
Zen and the Art of City Strolling
November 05, 2016
Please allow me to start today’s blog with a disclaimer. Some days, I get a few hours on a train to write. Other days, there is a nice common ar...
We Love Kyoto, But Struggle with Trip Advisor
November 04, 2016
Many people live and die by using Trip Advisor to assist their travels. We were once among them, but have found several tragic flaws of the Trip Advi...
Cute Deer, a Giant Buddha and Pachinko
November 03, 2016
The not so surprising news about our trip to Nara is that we visited shrines and temples. The truly shocking part is that our kids loved this par...
Baskin Travel Mode
November 02, 2016
This blog might be a tad longer, but I hope you will find it amusing as it helps celebrate our foolishness. While we have been traveling for quite...