Archive for July, 2010
Hiroshima and Miyajima We met some wonderful and generous people in Hiroshima, learned to enjoy Japanese whisky  and of course ate amazing food along the way.  The Peace Memorial and A-bomb park where both humbling and inspiring.
• Thursday, July 29th, 2010
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Jeanne, inside a sculptural installation “Conceptual Moss” 2009 by Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Park building of the Benesse art complex. Jeanne has created some amazing self-portraits.  She was inspired by the works of Hiroshi Sugimoto installed in the Tadao Ando designed Park building, part of the Benesse Art museum complex on the island of Naoshima, Japan. [...]
• Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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Since we are returning to Sapa this week I thought I would post a gallery if images I took last summer.
• Saturday, July 17th, 2010
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1950s amusement park in Tokyo, very fun and nostalgic combination of American and Japanese traditions.
• Monday, July 12th, 2010
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Made it to Tokyo yesterday afternoon at 3pm and ran straight to the Tokyo Dome to watch the Nippon Ham Fighters go up against some other team that I forgot the name of already. We cheered for the Ham Fighters, how could we not? Also, I should describe our breakfast, I neglected to bring the [...]
• Friday, July 9th, 2010
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A quick glimpse of Hanoi and Ha Long Bay. We toured over night on a boat through the rock outcroppings, went kayaking, caving and jumped off the upper deck of the boat a few times. We also narrowly dodged a major hurricane or in this part of the world a cyclone.
• Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Traffic, trains and the bus….all of which are just a bit crazy compared to say …….Chicago, Savannah or Mineral Point, WI.
• Sunday, July 4th, 2010
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