Tokyo Tower And Popeye Beer Club
In this set of days we explore Tokyo Tower and enjoy happy hour at Popeye Beer Club. Travel Log: Day 76 (9/11), Tokyo Japan The school day was normal today with the exception of once again pushing elective to the afternoon so we could get lunch ahead of the lunch rush. We’ve found even Lawson
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) In Tokyo
We are not immune to boredom on our year long adventure, and it drove me to try something unusual. In the process I captured an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) in our Tokyo Airbnb (see day 75 below). Travel Log: Day 74 (9/9), Tokyo Japan This morning we returned to school as usual. In the afternoon
Tokyo Museum Of Emerging Science
Travel Log: Day 72 (9/7), Tokyo Japan Today was quiet. Our biggest event of the day was going to McDonals for lunch. I was reluctant to do that because I thought we’d look like a stereotype going in there. It would only be worse in my mind if we were fat-asses. Once we got in
Kit Kat Flavors In Tokyo
To jump to information about Kit Kat flavors in Tokyo, see the final travel log day below. Travel Log: Day 66 (9/1), Tokyo Japan School in the morning, nothing noteworthy. JC tweaked her neck pretty badly, so it was a miserable day for her. In the afternoon JC and I talked about how we’re going
August Gap Year Budget Review
We have concluded another budget month while slow traveling internationally on our family gap year. I’m excited to crunch the numbers and see how our projections are matching reality. It’s the chance to prove or disprove that this approach of slow travel is sustainable over the long haul. Either way it’s useful data. The month
Shibuya Crossing Scramble
To skip to the info on Shibuya Crossing scramble, see day 65 below. Travel Log: Day 63 (8/29), Tokyo Japan This is being written two days after the fact, so I may be missing some details. The school day was shortened today to remove social studies from the regular timeline. We instead wanted to go
Costa Rica Travel Reflections
Before Costa Rica fades too far into the past, I wanted to capture my travel reflections from our time there. It was overwhelmingly positive but I came away with things that I both loved and hated about it. There were also other things that I don’t judge as positive or negative, but instead just observe
Akihabara Electric Town (aka Akiba)
See travel log day 62 below for into on Akihabara Electric Town. Travel Log: Day 60 (8/26), Tokyo Japan I slept like crap again last night. I got somewhere around 5 hours of total sleep and my worst ever sleep score of 43. Daytime tiredness was also at a new high. Finding Food We decided
Jet Lag, The Punishment For International Travel
In this series of days I was suffering badly from jet lag, which I recognize as the price to be paid (punishment) for international travel across extreme time zones. Travel Log: Day 58 (8/24), Tokyo Japan JC and I slept on the futon bed in the living room last night, and it was actually pretty
Japan Travel Day
This duo of travel logs rolls up the hell of a travel day getting to Japan. Travel Log: Day 56 (8/22), Houston Texas, Pacific Ocean We caught our hotel shuttle to the airport at 7am, and did the airport stuff. We went through TSA pre check and the rules were of course different again. It
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
