Vancouver from the Harbour
A perfect long weekend sitting on a boat in Vancouver, BC. Steps from the Granville Island Market, awesome trails system around Kits and False Creek, I spent more time lounging and walking than riding, but I am glad I took the bicycle along.
Minneapolis: A Quick Peek
It's true: I bumped into someone and when I apologized, he said, "You Bet'cha!" It's my first trip to Minneapolis and while it was just a glimpse, I'm intrigued.
Foraging in the CD
Why even bother growing a garden? There is plenty to eat in the parking strips, in the empty lots, and alleys. You just need to know what to look for.
Maps of Japan
I fund my bicycling adventures by helping companies clearly present information on the web. So it was with particular relish that I spent so much time parsing clues from the many maps we saw through out our travels.
My Japanese Souvenir: Paper from Karacho
When you resolve to write more love letters, it's nice to have exquisite paper to do it on. Karacho's woodblock-printed paper in unlike anything else I've written on.
A Last Meal in Tokyo
While we had plans for something a bit fancier for our final dinner, after a morning of Shinkansen and afternoon of paper shopping, we ended up at an izakaya down a side street in Ginza where we ate some whale. Our last meal in Tokyo.
Kyoto: The Brief Return
Our house was on the east side of the city and our time flew by with plenty of site-seeing, so when it was clear that we weren't heading to Hiroshima, we decided we'd return to Kyoto. This didn't turn out as planned, but what really does on a vacation?
A Few Ticket Stubs
Someone out there probably has quite a collection of these. Some of them were certainly beautiful.
Rinko: Traveling with Your Bike in Japan
Traveling with your bike in Japan is not that hard, you just have to remember three simple things: cleanliness, expediency, and patience. There is no way a train conductor is going to let you and your filthy bike roll on to his train.
This blog started, as many do, to keep the friends up to date while I was traveling. In my case, a long bike ride across Europe and move from Seattle to Boston in 2004.