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twissie

Food Discoveries and Stamp Rallies

Nov 07, 2016 23:19

This last week has been good.

I've been fighting the autumn chill with comfortable room wear

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food babble, picture backlog, japan '16, working holiday

Comments 12

kehlen November 7 2016, 15:39:31 UTC

There is something similar in the U.S., a Boston Freedom Trail where you can get a booklet and mark having visited specific location, and I also think something like that along Route 66. Cannot say anything more specific because I have not participated in either.

There might be something along these lines in Moscow, too, but I have only heard of one-day events (like finding specific landmarks around the city). And because it is one-day, I am out because that seems way to difficult and way too much running around.

twissie November 26 2016, 05:55:38 UTC

I remember as a kid gas stations would hand out activity booklets, they'd sometimes have something similar. And you could pick up a prize if you'd visited a certain number of sights... I don't think we ever managed to complete any, though.

One day stamp rallies would be crazy exhausting XD;;;;; So yeah, I prefer when it's spread out over a period of time! Gives you time to also process the sights you're experiencing!

manintheboat November 7 2016, 16:06:28 UTC

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We bought 3 types of Japanese Maple trees this weekend. They will take SO MUCH WORK here.

twissie November 26 2016, 05:55:57 UTC

How are the trees coming along?????

manintheboat November 26 2016, 16:07:30 UTC

Dormant now, We'll see in the spring!

phantoms November 7 2016, 19:32:10 UTC

Haha "smorking." xD

orangerful November 7 2016, 20:50:05 UTC

At first when I saw the chizza I was like "EW!" but then I thought - well, chicken parmigiana is just chicken with cheese on top and tomato sauce so really this just goes another step further with the toppings...though "chizza" doesn't work as a name, sounds like a sneeze.

I've never heard of a "stamp rally" before and doing a quick Google search, all the results are of Japanese events or Pokemon episodes LOL. I love the idea though. Reminds me of a scavenger hunt but you just need to get the stamp, not some random item.

twissie November 26 2016, 05:57:39 UTC

Hahaha. I've been thinking about the chizza a lot lately. I might go get another one for dinner again today XD;;

touchofgr3y November 8 2016, 02:39:20 UTC

At first I was like...chizza?!? But it does actually sound very good!

The stamp rally sounds like so much fun - I'd love doing that.

twissie November 26 2016, 05:58:40 UTC

For some reason, doing a stamp rally also gives the visit a sense of purpose somehow? So I don't feel as weird visiting places by myself. I'm there to collect stamps! XD; (and I'm not the only one doing it by myself either, so it makes me feel like I'm part of something!)