Month: December 2013
Random Things about Japan
Traffic here is British style. The drivers are on the right hand side and you drive on the left side of the road. Walking on the sidewalks is not random. Seems like there are laws as to which side on the sidewalk to walk on depending on your direction. Books: you read a book from back to front with sentences […]
Falling in love with Japan
We fell in love with Japan before we set foot on the land of cherry blossoms, sushi and sumo wrestlers all because of the flight attendants on the plane from LA to Tokyo. Their body language, their smiles and the gentle way they talked to us made us feel so special and so cared for. The 13 hour flight was […]
The City of Bright Sunshine and Blue Skies
We landed in San Francisco exhausted. Not only physically but mentally too. The week preceding our departure was gruesome. We had to go through all of our possessions and separate into things we absolutely had to keep and things we could gift, recycle or throw away. Add to this material Armageddon the kids’ last day at school, the good byes […]
Random things about San Francisco:
A lot of people in San Francisco drive Toyota Prius. The majority of the houses are small, not tall and glued together in an endless row of similar yet different facades. Skate parks are free admission. Eucalyptus forest have an amazing smell and make a soft rustle that is gentle yet powerful. Car tires have to be turned towards the curb […]