Rome 2018: Roman Forum
The rain continued to fall as my parents and I descended from Palatine Hill back down to the Roman Forum. According to legend this is…
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Rome 2018: Palatine Hill
Directly adjacent to the Roman Forum is its lesser-visited sibling, Palatine Hill. Rome’s emperor’s built many of their residences on this hill and its name…
Rome 2018: Inside the Colosseum
After a bit of walking, my parents and I arrived at our first major sightseeing stop in Rome: the ruins of the Colosseum. With…
Rome 2018: Victor Emmanuel II Monument
On our first full day in Rome my parents and I set out for the Roman Forum and along the way we passed the Victor…
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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Busan (Second Visit): View from the Roof
A short flight from Jeju Island brought me back to Busan, the city I had visited just a few days earlier. Originally my plan had…
Jeju Island: Life on the Road
About 55 miles south of the Korean mainland is the island of Jeju. A friend of mine who used to live in Korea had suggested…
Busan: East to West
I’m not sure how KTX trains in Korea compare to the shinkansen trains of Japan, but one thing they definitely have in common is punctuality.…
Seoul & The DMZ: Past & Present
From Fukuoka to Incheon International Airport is about a one hour, twenty minute flight; long enough to mentally practice basic Korean words and phrases and…
Fukuoka: Stopover
My cycling adventure in Itoshima had delayed my departure from there until the afternoon and left me very tired, to the point that I nearly…
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