After all the festivities from Canada Day, everyone deserved a good rest on Saturday, which was a free day for all the delegates and the host families. I on the other hand, had to returned to work at the library. T__T Sunday was the official ‘Farewell’ Party. While it technically wasn’t the last day for the delegates, it was a good time for everyone to have one last group dinner together. Dinner was held at the Port Credit Yacht Club,…
I need to backtrack a few weeks because I’ve been slow getting new entries up. Canada Day weekend was one of the most memorable weekends I’ve had in a while. The delegation from Kariya was here visiting, so I was able to attend a lot of events this year since it was a stat holiday. The weather has been gorgeous since the end of June, so we were lucky we had many hours of sunshine everyday. The delegates were scheduled…
As the title says, here’s a collection of snapshots from my most recent trip to Hong Kong. Spent four full days in Hong Kong this time around. I stayed in Kowloon for the first half, then Hong Kong Island for the other half. Even though the city is so small, traveling back and forth was a little exhausting. Good thing I packed light! The first row of shots are mixed. The first photo was taken in Tsim Sha Tsui right…
Finally after a week and a half in Aichi, it was time to go home. My flight to Narita was in the afternoon, so I had bit of time in the morning to finish off the items on my list. I did pretty well the previous days, since the only remaining tourist spot I had left was Nagoya Castle. I checked out early in the morning and took the subway by myself to Nagoya Castle. This was really the first…
After the day trip to Nagoya Port, the next day I met with Eri-san and Anny-san for a one day tour of Kyoto. Anny-san would be meeting us at Kyoto Station, while Eri-san and I would be taking the shinkansen from Nagoya. The ride there was short, with only a few stops along the way. Anny-san was already there waiting for us when we met her in front of the station. It’s been a few years since I last saw…