Japanese/American differences in visual displays

X-Men in Japanese

Some odd duck pastry

Minute maid apple juice

And minute maid grapefruit juice

Green tea kitkat

Please feed your dog

White and milk chocolate panda crackers

Train station sign

Maleficent movie poster. I guess that's how you spell Maleficent in Japanese...

Milton baby milk

Stretchy banana... Hmm. 

Whole row of pens!!

Bulk chopsticks not bulk forks. BIG difference over here

And of course Frozen DVD. *sigh*

Interesting sign for car trains. What a near idea though. 

SHERLOCK and uh..

Sherlock again... ☺️

Ugh. Airplanes. 😉

Did a LOT of traveling and successfully made it from Denver to Guam! Woohoo!

Saw many things a long the way. Here are some pics I took. 

Carrots make me sooo happy.

Some glass art at the hotel in City of Angels (Los Angeles)

View from the plane window coming into Honolulu

Yummy airplane breakfast

Japanese/English bible at our hotel in Guam.

Later tonight we'll take the flight over to Japan and be there. 

Update: tomorrow night (when I have wi-fi)

-Katie

Travel Journals

So yes. I will admit that I have spent more time as of now working on the covers of my journals than actually packing. But that all changes. Cause except for a little detail I can't take care of my self I am DONE! 

And the coup de grâce:

Europe Finale

Fished out all of the paper souvenirs (not including my journals etc.) and laid them out. Wrappings not included.

Got my new backpack for the trip!

Wohoo!

Aaanndd we're back!

Hello there everyone! Thanks for hanging in there and not abandoning me. The past few months have been pretty uneventful. Being in public school really puts a damper on traveling. Good news first: I am happy to announce that coming May 25 (the end of this month) I will board a plan headed toward *drumroll please!*

Guam!

The sponsors and guides of this trip are my grandparents. Here's the story: every time one of their granddaughters turns 15, they take us on a trip to places that they and our parents lived together. This time the full trip will be to Guam, then Japan, and finishes with Korea. (Map is at the bottom)

Dear followers, you will be happy to know that I also will be documenting this trip as it happens. That's right, real time coverage. The boss is back in town. Keep checking for any and all updates.

Thanks for reading,
-Sage


P.S. Here's that map!

Norway Fjords

The fjords on Wednesday were beautiful! We left by boat from _______ and traveled along the Sonjfjord for awhile and then turned off onto another one. It started rain. I saw something fluttering from my slightly sheltered spot by the engine (the air was cold, the engine warm) and figured out that it was a moth! I ran over and helped it on to my finger, and took it over to the engine to warm up. I ran over to tell my mom, and someone who apparently thought it was a fish (because obviously, I'm going to pick up a fish, try to make it warm and not throw it back in the water? Really?) So she came over and tried to pick it up but the moth flew away from her. It left. 

The fjords were starting to have that paradise look, really green vegetation, big waterfalls. We arrived in Bergen a little before that, and went out to see the town. We saw some really old houses turned shops, and an interesting art sculpture (a tall one that blew light steam out the top and continued for several yards. I'll post pictures. Afterwards, caught our sleep train and *whump* out like a light.

-Sage