Nigatsudo Hall

May 24th 2016
Geo: 34.685, 135.805Today was a day of hills, stairs and a deer attack! We caught a train this morning to Nara which is about an hours train ride from Kyoto. Before we left home we had researched what sites we wanted to see and when we reached there this morning the woman in the tourist information routed us around the city to see exactly the places we had planned to visit. Only in our resea ... read more

Asia » Japan

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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Richard Ostrowski

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My job experience involved work in the construction and design area for highway transportation, working 32 years with MDOT and the past 13 years as Senior project Engineer with SME. After 45 years of work in various capacities providing geotechnical evaluation, road construction, and construction materials quality assurance testing I recently started a new phase of my life in retirement. My interests now revolve around more family activities, my six grand children,traveling and cycling.I have completed two cross country biking tours from Pacific to Atlantic and bicycle touring through 40... full info

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