Florence 2018: Dinner at Mercato Centrale
For dinner on our final night in Florence we went back to the San Lorenzo Market and headed up the escalator to the restaurants on…
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Florence 2018: Mercato Centrale
After breakfast one morning we went over to Mercato Centrale, which is the indoor part of the San Lorenzo Market. Located just a short distance…
Siena 2018: Downpour
It was a cool, wet Sunday as my parents and I boarded the bus in Florence that would take us to Siena. We could have…
Rome 2018: Getting Comfortable with Chaos
Today’s post is the first of my Italy 2018 travelogue stories. The remaining four travelogue posts will be published before the end of March. My…
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Rome 2018: Campo de’ Fiori
On our final day in Rome we took the time to explore the morning market at Campo de’ Fiori before leaving the city. There has…
Tokyo (Second Visit): The Calm After The Storm
I arrived back at Narita International Airport in Japan as Typhoon Lan was unleashing its fury across almost the entire nation. Thankfully the weather wasn’t…
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Osaka & Nara: The Running Man & The Deer
It only takes about 30 minutes to get to Osaka from Kyoto by train. Because of their relatively close proximity it’s certainly possible to visit…
Sapporo: Northern Limit
Having gotten the photo I wanted at Onuma Park, I caught the next train going north from Hakodate to Sapporo. Since the shinkansens (bullet trains)…
Nikko: Escaping the Crowds
From Ueno Station in Tokyo I boarded a shinkansen (bullet train) to take me north on my journey across Japan. I had ridden on high-speed…
Tokyo: The Endless City
It took a long time for me to get to Tokyo. International travel always involves long flights, waiting in lines, sitting on trains and buses,…
