http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Lost-in-Lofty/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Lost in Lofty en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:26:47 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:26:47 +0000 Hey EverybodyAs you all know Maddy just finished a very long trip around Japan then to San Fran and finally Canada leaving me in frigid Morioka... But she came back and we decided to head somewhere nice for the weekend we chose Nyuto Onsen an onsen is a hot spring. It's actually a little cluster of 6 hotels all having their own onsens the one we stayed at is called Kaniba onsen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-47863.html HiMy first week of work was great but exhausting I have a wide variety of students of different levels and abilities which keeps me on my toes. Now that I've settled back into life in Japan I thought it was time to let you know about my trip to North America. It is strange to think of it as a trip when I went through Canadian customs they made me check off 'visitor' instead of 'resident'San http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-46138.html Hi Sorry between travelling and jet lag I've gotten behind on my postings. These are pictures from February 19 in Tokyo with my mom. I'm actually back in Takizawa Japan. I will try to post blogs on San Francisco and life in Japan soon. Thanks to Colin's parents we now have a reliable computer at home so we'll be able to stay in contact with everyone Although I can't guarantee too much becau http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Harajuku/blog-42589.html Hi Everyone I'm finally getting to see more of Japan My mom arrived last week and it started snowing an hour after we picked her up and didn't stop snowing until the day we left Morioka It snowed a foot the night she arrived Travelling with her is definitely a different experience the main difference is everywhere we go people offer us special treats help and sake We shared a boat trip thro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Akasaka/blog-41697.html Hi Yeah we have internet at home Although I can't promise that the postings will be more frequent. It does mean that we can now messenger talk for free online and we have a land line now so it is much cheaper to call us The pics are of the Hadakemeri festival I told you about last week. Things are great over here. Colin's job is going well and his main complaint is that he doesn't get to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-37604.html Hi Well I haven't gotten lost so far but I've only driven to the internet and I followed Yuriko in her car We are renting a car for the month It is a super cute white twodoor 4 wheeldrive manual Daihatsu Mira. Today was my first time driving in Japan and I love it Colin's company wouldn't let me drive any of the cars they lent us... Even though I've only used it to go to a place tha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-36071.html I realize this is a bit late but my excuse is that we live in Japan The plan was to write this up on the 4th after our Internet was installed but for reasons we still can't comprehend Yahoo the net provider had some difficulties and will not be able to install it until the 26th. So far 2006 has been a great year. Colin had a week off work and we had a car so we were able to see much more of J http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-35081.html Merry Christmas everybody A little late I know... I hope everyone is warm and toasty. Here in Morioka it's been snowing like mad for the past few days probably about 3 and 12 feet in the past 3 days and it's snowing just as hard today. I borrowed a car from a coworker while he's on vacation back to Canada so getting around hasn't been too bad although driving is slow I'm a Vancouver Is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-32775.html Yes we are still in Japan. We went to a Spanish restaurant last night to watch flamenco dancing We have made friends with a Japanese lady Yuriko who has been showing us around and some of her friends were dancing last night. Fun times. I just had a second interview for Prince Eibei Gakuin a school family close to our house. I think I rocked it. This one was with the VP of the company and he http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-30584.html Wow I wish we'd tried this in Canada before everything on the computers was in Japanese We've been here just over two weeks and are settling in. We survived 3 earthquakes in our first four days only one was big enough to wake us up magnitude 6.9 I've had one job offer Colin's survived two company parties and we still have no clue when it comes to the Japanese public transit systemit is no http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Morioka/blog-28760.html