Category: Trip

Summer Vacation #2

July 31, 2013

Next week, JBF and I are off on a vacation to Canada! Specifically, we’re training to Montreal and then Quebec City (and then back).

All told we’ll spend over 20 hours on trains, and in the two cities I hope to explore some of the older parts with European influence. For instance, we’re going to stay in a converted castle in Quebec City!

Needless to say, you can follow our exploits on this very blog. Needless to also say, you can probably expect a postcard or two as well.

Who knows, peut-être qu’ils vont être rédigés en français!

Postscript

June 19, 2013

I had another camera with me in Japan, although as it turns out I took very few pictures on it. Here’s one of them:

That’s a shrine in Mount Takao, where we went on the second day. The photo uses the camera’s ‘toy mode’ to make it look quite surreal.

I spent this morning preparing for my summer course that starts Monday. Preparation will continue through the rest of this week. Being immersed in the tedium of work is a good way to almost make it seem like the trip was a dream.

That’s another shot taken with the new camera; a panoramic shot of the Golden Temple in Kyoto.

I have so many good memories from Tokyo 2013! I’m very glad we went, and doubly glad Bernard was there with us 🙂

In the meantime there is a giant pile of toys, books and games that came back with us. Expect the occasional blog post on these in the future.

Last Day

June 15, 2013

On our last day we went shopping, of course! Specifically, back to Akihabara.

The sun had followed us from Kyoto and the crowds were large. It was an uncomfortable day.

Lunch was at a Chinese restaurant on the 8th floor of Yodobashi.

After lunch, KLS left for Korean cosmetic shops in Shinjuku and B and I hit the UFO machines, many of which contained all new stuff since last week!

After a while we had second lunch…

Before splitting up as well. Bernard headed back to the inn (via a luggage purchase) and I scoured figure stores for my Guyver Imakarum – which I never found. I ended up staying in Akiba for almost 8 hours, and was ruined when I finally called it a day.

Here’s our last night on the shopping street near our ryokan:

Our next destination will be home 🙂

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