Travel & First Day in Japan

JAL Flight to Japan Time to go to Japan! Salmonella and I arrived early at YVR and spent an hour or two in the Plaza Premium Lounge in the international departures lounge. We had a chance to grab some refreshments and relax before the 10 hour flight. The flight itself was uneventful and smooth. I have to give props to JAL on such a great in flight experience. I've had the chance to fly on some...

Planning for Japan!

In about a weeks time I'll be on the road again. This time I'll be heading East to Japan! I hadn't planned to visit Japan this year. But when I learned that my friend (who had lived in Japan for a little under a year) was planning to visit, I tagged along! It's not everyday you get to travel with someone who's already familiar with the culture and can speak the language. In addition, He wanted to...

#TBT Europe 2012 Wrapup

Throwback to Europe 2012. We spent our last few days in Rome before heading home to Canada. Here is my Europe 2012 Wrapup Europe Wrap Up Looking back, this European trip in 2012 was the last major family trip we've taken. Since then as we've grown older and schedules have become more packed, it's harder to find time to travel together. So looking back on this trip has been a huge blessing...

Last day in Rome!

After returning to Rome from Bologna, we spent the entire day exploring some of the major Rome tourist attractions. Today we took it a bit easy for our last full day in Rome. Walking around town We didn't have much of a plan today.  We'd seen most of what we wanted to see in Rome already. After sleeping in a little, we set out separately to explore, shop or sightsee. I took this as an...

Return to Rome

We spent our last day in the Bologna region visiting Venice. We return to Rome one last time before heading home. Rome Sadly it was time to say good bye to Bologna. We left early in the morning and boarded a train to Rome. A few hours later we arrived, checked into our hotel and set out to explore more of this beautiful city. As we made our way through the city I had noticed these delicious...

Venice, Italy

Yesterday we spent a restful day in Bologna. Today we will be visiting Venice! Train to Venice It's a two hour train ride from Bologna to Venice and we enjoyed the leisurely commute there! It was actually quite neat when we got closer to the city as the train tracks form somewhat of a land bridge to it. You could look out the window on both sides of the train and only see water. It totally set...