Category: Meanderings Abroad
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Ikaho Onsen
Missed posting yesterday because J and I took a girls’ trip out to higher elevations, colder temps and warm hot springs in Gunma’s Ikaho Onsen area. It was a short trip out of Tokyo (about 1.5hrs from Ueno Station to Shibukawa). We did the famous 365 steps up and down from the shrine to the…
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Bali Retreat
Ten months ago when I decided to embark on my yoga teacher training journey – on a day when I had taken a day off work because I needed a ‘mental health day’ to escape the dread of going to work each day – I had no idea how I was going to make a…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Bergen, Norway
Back to my updates on summer travels – it is fun to look back at all that I did in such a short time! So, our last stop in Norway was Bergen. We took another ferry from Belastrand to Bergen. It was a fairly chilly ride, so we stayed inside for most of this one.…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Belastrand, Norway
One of the main reasons to head to the west coast of Norway is to see the fjords. It was beautiful just to wake up to the view of the lake and we got to watch a bit more of the parasailing competition before we hopped on the three-car local train from Voss to make…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Voss, Norway
After our fairly short visit in Oslo, we took the train from Oslo to Voss. Voss seems to be the European destination for sports, camping and general ‘outback’ family holiday. It is a beautiful town located on a lake and my hotel room looked out on the mountain caps and lake. [shashin type=”photo” id=”10201″ size=”small”…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Oslo, Norway
Our next stop on our Scandinavia adventure was Oslo. So, we took the train on a rather wet morning through the countryside and found ourselves in the small capital of Norway. While people in the touristy areas were friendly enough, no one was overly friendly. We still did a lot of walking and found ourselves…
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Summer 2015: Scandinavia – Copenhägen, Denmark
After the couple of days of “work” in London, I flew off to Copenhägen, Denmark to meet my friend, J, for our Scandinavia adventure. We had booked a 12-day ‘tour’ to see the region and I couldn’t wait! We started with Copenhägen for two nights and fell in love with the sights, people (aka tall men!)…
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Spring Break 2015
My parents have hit the full retirement life and spent the last four months in their ‘winter’ home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. So, I decided to go for a visit during my spring break this year to see what the fuss is all about. Well, let me tell you – it was excellent and…
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Lackluster of Traveling…
Is it possible to travel too much? Am I just too spoiled in my ‘old age’ that when I go to a new city, it’s not as exciting as it used to be? I’m in Madrid for a conference (INTED 2015). I was here before about six years ago with my mom and Aunt Sue.…
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London – Day 2
On our second day, we decided to do the Big Bus Tour so that we could see the city and get our bearings. [shashin type=”photo” id=”8505,8508″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] We started out on the Red Line, but that line offers a live commentary on the city and my mom had a bit of trouble…
