There’s not much to update on for the past few weeks. The summer seems to be drawing to a close and I just want to enjoy the last few days of warmth and sunshine before fall comes along. However, I didn’t forget about these photos from two weekends ago. We took Toshi to Niagara-on-the-Lake and had a picnic lunch in the park. It was his first ‘big’ trip in the car ever since he came home from the breeders. For…
I took a 3-day whirlwind bus trip to Boston last weekend. I had the chance to meet up with my friend Tammy briefly at Quincy Market on the first day, then took a whale-watching excursion in Cape Ann on the second day. On the way home on the last day, we stopped by Waterloo Premium Outlets to do some shopping before heading back across the border. I think this trip was one of the quickest and most fast-paced trips I’ve…
The delegation from Kariya, Japan came last week for their visit to Canada. In case I haven’t mentioned this on here before (or did I on another blog…?), but I was busy helping out with preparations for their visit. I really have to thank Yuka for responding to my SOS email. I was in charge of preparing name tags and compiling a list of free events to visit that week. Aside from other typing duties, I was also asked to…
Day 6 began with an early morning wake up call as we headed out for our Big Island tour. I wasn’t too happy being up at the crack of dawn, but I was excited to go island hopping for the day. Our shuttle picked us up at the hotel and we were dropped off at Honolulu Airport. After getting our passes sorted, we waited about an hour before getting called to the gates. The flight to Hilo would last 45…
Day 5 begins with an hour long bus ride to a must-see spot in Honolulu – Pearl Harbor. I’m not a big history buff, nor was I ever taught WWII from an American perspective, so I must admit I”m not all that familiar with Pearl Harbor. Knowing only the basics, I couldn’t fully comprehend what took place there so many years ago. Perhaps it’s more sentimental to all the American and Japanese tourists that were there. While we packed lightly…