Home to Tokyo and Home to Vancouver
This week I made a quick trip back "home" to Tokyo. I call it a home because I spent 23 years in Japan, met my wife Yoshiko there and had...
Business Trip to Calgary
This evening I arrived home from a two-day business trip to Calgary. I spent the two days in meetings with four other individuals...
Safe to fly?
In light of the second crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 this year, and the Canadian authorities' decision not to ground the aircraft, I...
Home from Tokyo
This afternoon I arrived home from a four-day trip to Tokyo. It was good to be back in my "second home" although strange not to have...
Bowen Island
Yoshiko and I arose early today and made a day trip to Bowen Island, the landmass directly north of us across the Strait of Georgia. We...
Trip to Vancouver Island
We arrived home from Vancouver Island this afternoon following a three-day, two-night visit to celebrate Yoshiko's birthday. It was also...
Friday night in Hakone
We came to Hakone yesterday by train. I guess Tokyo wasn't cold enough for us. Yoshiko tried to get reservations at a ryokan for tonight...
Tokyo bound
Today Yoshiko and I are departing for Tokyo. We arrived in Vancouver two and a half years ago and this is the first opportunity for us to...
Travelers Checks
Travelers checks were a common form of currency years ago for the international traveler. Credit cards were less frequently used and...
Unable to travel... not so bad
As a result of many factors, my wife Yoshiko and I are unable to travel together for a vacation. In fact, we haven't been on a real...
