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London, Day 3
Wow, we managed to sleep for 13 hours – from 12a to 1p! When we finally got ready for the day we just walked over to Camden and ate lunch a cute little Italian restaurant. On the wall above us was a cute picture of an old couple. I asked the waiter to take our…
Read MoreLondon, Day 2
(This ended up being pretty much our only nice, non-rainy day.) I didn’t want to sleep the day away, so we got up around 10:30am. We ate some breakfast at the house and set off for Central London to do some walking tours. My aunt Karen gave us a book, 24 Great Walks in London,…
Read MoreLondon, Day 1
We arrived in London extremely jet lagged around 1pm. We hired a car to drive us to our hosts house which is nestled between Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Our host (friend) gave us a tour of his beautiful house and suggested we take a 2-3 hour nap which would refresh us enough to go…
Read MoreA Motorcycle Ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles
Ok technically not Los Angeles, we stayed in Santa Monica (for those who would be offended). If you want to take this ride, click here to download my route cards for your tank bag. View Trip to Los Angeles, CA in a larger map Before this trip I had only been to LA two times:…
Read MoreJapan – the Rest of the Trip
I failed miserably at continuing to write about each day of the trip, while the details get fuzzier and fuzzier every day since. So here is the rest of the trip in summary. Day Three We did some more sightseeing with Kaori. Went to Asakusa and saw Senso-ji temple, which had a long row of…
Read MoreDay Two, Sightseeing
The original goal was to be at the fish market at 6am, which meant we had to wake up at 4:30am. We adjusted our target time to 6:30am and agreed on a meeting place. We all arrived on time, but didn’t get there until 7am. When we got to our sushi destination the line was…
Read MoreDay One, Hello Tokyo!
A little background first. The reason we went to Tokyo was that our friend, Fumi, was getting married. We met Fumi at our favorite sushi restaurant in San Mateo, Yuzu. She moved back to Japan this past September and planned her wedding in about three months – crazy, I know! Two of her other US…
Read MoreDay Fourteen, Last Day
The power went out on our last day at Le Torri. Then it came on again, then it went out again. Back and forth. Needless to say, we didn’t have much internet access, so it was hard to plan our day. The guys were contemplating a cooking class in Firenze, but they hadn’t heard back.…
Read MoreDay Thirteen, Brunello = Yum
Need I say more? Well, I guess if you’ve never had Brunello I should elaborate. And there’s a pretty good chance you haven’t because Italy doesn’t export a lot of it to the US. The winery was in Montalcino, Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona. Our hostess was another very interesting woman (like the one in Montespertoli). She…
Read MoreDay Twelve, Florence Seconds
Another day trip to Florence. We finally made it to that special sandwich shop, the Oil Shoppe. My friend Shawna recommended it. Apparently its all she lived on when she did her studies abroad for six months. The sandwiches were quite good, all four of us devoured them happily. After eating we saw the Firenze…
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