Travel

On this page, I will slowly but surely feature posts related to travel.

Japan 2018

 

Day 1 of travel – in which we ended up spending the night in Dallas.

Made it to Tokyo!

Tokyo Weekend: Mass, the Odaiba area, Shibuyu

Monday in Tokyo – going up high, then to the Shinjuku area, Sunshine City & sushi.

Views from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Bullet train to Kyoto

Kyoto temples and shrines

Nara Deer and then back to Kyoto for the Fushimi Irani Shrine.

Iwatayama Monkey Park, bamboo forest, the Otagi-Nenbutsu-ji Temple & a delightful Tanzanian meal back in Kyoto.

Osaka Crazy

Back to Tokyo, then to Narita for the night before our flight – some sights in Narita, including the preparation of eel. 

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Mexico 2018:

I went to Mexico and didn’t die! – A summary post. 

Background – why we went to Mexico during Holy Week.

Sunday 3/25 – the trip down and the first evening in Mexico City.

Monday 3/26 – Teotihuacan and going to the movies in Mexico City.

Tuesday 3/27 – The National Museum of Anthropology, other parts of Chapultepec Park, and Lucha Libre

Wednesday 3/28 – The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Thursday 3/29 – Bus from Mexico City to Puebla;  Holy Thursday in Puebla

Friday 3/30 –  Good Friday in Puebla 

Saturday 3/31 – Holy Saturday I – Cholula Pyramids and astonishing churches

Saturday 3/31 – Holy Saturday 2 – Vigil-hopping and street food

Sunday 4/1 -2 – Easter Sunday – Mass in the Cathedral, museums and dance – and the bus back to Mexico City, and then the trip back on Monday. 

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London 2017

A summary post.

A general link.

Preparation

Day 1 – arrival, wandering and learning the city

Day 2 – Tower of London and the British Museum

Day 3 – Churchill War Rooms and more British Museum

Day 4 – National Gallery, the Globe, Lego-ish things, Southwark Cathedral, Borough Market

Day 5 – Greenwich, St. Paul’s and Harrods

Day 6- Wandering the city and then the Warner Brothers/Harry Potter Studio Tour

Day 7 – Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Oratory, Tyburn Convent

Where we stayed and what we ate. 

 

Belize and Guatemala 2017

 

 

7 Quick Takes from Guatemala

Tips on Tikal: How to get there, where to stay, how to see it, what to eat!

Comamus – the great food we had in Belize and Guatemala

The trip back.

 

Italy 2016 

(3 weeks, beginning in Bologna, ending in Pisa.)

Greetings from Bologna

Bologna: St. Catherine of Bologna and St. Dominic

Parma Food Tour

On to Ferrara.

Biking in Ferrara

Ravenna

We went to Ferrara for the Palio, but it was rained out. 

Down to Rome

Ostia Antica

Dome of St. Peter’s and the Appian Way

Orvieto

Around Sorano

Siena

Florence

Last day in Florence – Pisa.

 

 

 

 

Wild West 2015

(Hoover Dam, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, Death Valley and (yuk) Vegas)

Over all plan described here  (For all posts related to this trip, click here.)

Left Birmingham on 5/19, flew to Vegas.

5/20 – Hoover Dam and then on to Saint George, Utah.

5/21 – Snow Canyon and then on to Bryce Canyon

5/22-23 – Bryce Canyon (here and here)

5/23 – drive down to Kanab, Utah – Red Rock Canyon and Coral Pink Sand Dunes on the way.

5/24-26 Grand Canyon North Rim (Here and here)

5/27-28 – Zion National Park

Death Valley

Las Vegas is an Awful Place

 

 

 

Mexico 2014

 

7 Quick Takes – a summary.

Day 1- Pemex Edition. In which we basically run out of gas. 

Chichen Itza

Street vendor in Progreso

A living history hacienda and a swim in a cenote

Uxmal

Campeche

Coba and Tulum