Written late Christmas Eve at a Super 8 in Queens; finished later at homeOne thing I will miss about Japan is the great service. Honestly, seeing the brash and sometimes rude airline / airport / hotel shuttle staff at their worst along this journey has been a huge shock. Most people are OK, but you still kind of have to approach them knowing that ( Read more... )

Written Christmas Day at JFKThe Super 8’s continental breakfast was um, present. It’s canteen-grade, but it does the trick ( Read more... )

January 3rd, 8:58am: So much to say and so little time! I'm currently in my hotel room in Kobe, and check-out is in [changes time zone setting] one hour. I'm pretty nearly ready to go, and I've had breakfast - it was not sausage and toast, but I followed along with what other people did and managed okay. Think of me the next time you eat cereal and ( Read more... )

[First in a series of three New York-related entries: subsequent entries to follow. This trip happened a few weeks month ago (Jan 20-22); since then I've been back to Toronto and now I'm finishing this from Halifax.]

(Written in Toronto, January 24th)Finally, finally, the traveling will be over. Tomorrow at 1210 I’ll be flying back to Halifax. “ ( Read more... )