New Adventures of 2021

As stated previously, the virus had curbed our traveling but not entirely. We just didn’t do it as often. My wife’s birthday present to me in 2021 was this picture …

Continuing on with 2020 (April 2020- December 2020)

As that stupid virus ran rampant, so was the stupidity. I still had to go to work but students were told to stay home. What the hell am I going …

Before the Dark Times… (February/March 2020)

This is probably the last post of the normal era that everyone enjoyed before China released their virus and the world unnecessarily freaked out. My parents were planning to come …

Aichi and the Return to Kyoto (January 2020)

I am taking my sweet time posting these. It’s a wonder that anyone still reads these. Naturally, no one I personally know actually reads these. My wife and I weren’t …

Final Night in Seoul and the Train to Busan

After our trip to the border, we spent our last night in Seoul meeting up with an old college friend. He had made a trip to Japan a few years …

The 38th Parallel

The following morning we met up with the tour guide and took a bus up to the border of North and South Korea. Along the river that comes for the …

Into the Morning Calm

For our honeymoon, my wife and I went to Korea. She had been there before but I hadn’t. We had a few days off in December so we took off …

An American Geek in Japan

It’s no secret I’m considered a geek. I’ve always been one despite dealing with push back. Today, it’s much more acceptable to like things that were once considered geeky. I’m …

Venture into the Past (November 2019)

Beachside Tombstones (October 2019)

Seriously, who goes to the beach in October in the northern hemisphere? Apparently this guy. My wife and I traveled to Kanagawa Prefecture to visit her paternal family grave. She …