Last night we got into Japan.  I forget how long the flight is.  We left Tampa at about quarter of six to catch our 8 AM flight to Detroit and then had to pretty much motor over to our next flight, because it boarded about 30 minutes after we came in.  But it was pretty much a 12 hour flight to Tokyo from Detroit.  12 hours of pretty much sitting ( Read more... )

( Some of this is TMI-y so you've been warned! )

In case you aren't on my Facebook I am currently in Japan until the 19th.  So far it's been not too bad.  I can't read for jack, and my speaking is limited to super basic things like please, thank you, and pardon me.  Boy,if it's one thing I can say is sumemasen.  That has come out of my mouth a lot.  Overall though, I am having a good time ( Read more... )

I'm still on my honeymoon with Jose, but we're back in Ft. Lauderdale for a few hours before taking off again for the eastern side of the Caribbean. The west side was cool, but Jamaica was really depressing. The people there are really really poor and live in sheet metal shacks. It broke my heart to see people living in such deplorable conditions. ( Read more... )