Day 356: Wandering Shimokitazawa — Japanese Curry for Lunch, Italian for Dinner
It was a breezy and cool but beautiful morning. I worked out in the park near the hotel and took this pic as I crossed the Meguro River on my...
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Day 348: Golden Pavilion — Bamboo Grove — Arcade — Shabu-Shabu at Hanahana
Chilly morning and the coldest day we’ve had here in Kyoto. I went out about 7:15, walked past Nijo Castle, jogged through the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden that surrounds the...
Day 338: Whale Watching!
Our second attempt at whale watching was a huge success. Yesterday’s rough seas forced the safely-conscious folks at Whale Watching Kaikoura to limit kids under 8. So we rescheduled for...
Day 326: Room Switch — Cuba Street in Wellington — Central Park Playground
Last night after we checked in we noticed the air condition wasn’t working. We told the staff here at the QT and they quickly said we could switch to a...
Day 325: Roadtrip to Wellington
Pretty rough to say goodbye to the Taupo palace we were living in for the last five nights. Felt like such imposters. The house manager — a guy named Jamie...
Day 324: Mini Golf!
Another precious Monday morning. My neck is stiff and sore — slept on it wrong two nights ago then it stiffened up on me. I couldn’t really work out so...
Day 322: Saturday Market — Taupo Playground and Shopping — Family Pétanque Battle
Six weeks from today we leave Hawaii to fly home. Eeeeek! A couple days ago we saw a sign for a “Saturday Market” in Taupo. We headed over this morning...
Day 318: Strolling Queen Street — Farewell Lobsy — Playground — Spin Class
Lobsy headed home today. But she wasn’t getting picked up at the hotel until 12:30. So we all hit the breakfast buffet together one last time and then headed out...
Day 82: Monkeyland and Back to Keurboomstrand for a Sunset Dinner
Standard morning program here at The Old Rectory: slow morning, breakfast buffet and school before 11am. We had a couple errands to take care of: we dropped a bunch of...
Day 77: Cheese Farm and Fynbos Walk in Hermanus
The wind was so, so, so crazy last night. Unbelievably loud as it ransacked our flapping tent all night long. Metal clanging, canvas walloping, wind tunnels howling, all in great...