During our Okinawan holiday we spent two nights on Zamami Island. It was absolute bliss with clear waters and clean air. One of our best bits of our holiday was the star gazing we did on Zamami. The sky was so clear and the moon at its smallest, so the conditions were perfect! We climbed…
Author: Lorrie
It’s Called Paradise and There is no Parking Block to be Found…
We are part way through our week-ling trip to Okinawa. So far we have spent time in Naha city on Okinawa island. A little extra time actually, as a Typhoon interrupted our grand plans to island hop. Aka island will be reserved for our next trip! Today I am writing from Zamami island and…
Brain Ache
Today I have brain ache, again! This is an increasing occurrence in my life! Part of it is the environment and part is the pressure I put on myself. This pressure Dan and I then around to each other like a hot potato! The environment – for me, I am surrounded by sick kids again…
Washed Out With Beer!
Last weekend we visited an eagerly awaited beer festival in Fukuoka, Kyushu. It was September 18th, but Oktoberfest was in full swing! That is until we arrived…and brought with us the monsoon rains and lightening storm. For safety, twenty minutes after we arrived, the festival closed for the day. Much to our dismay we had…
Strike a Pose!
This weekend we saw the most diva fuelled dog of all time. There it was, with an elbow out of the window, smirking at us as we passed. It inspired me! If a dog can be a diva and get away with looking so cute…maybe I can too! Right, I’m off to buy a diamond…
Where’s Whally? A Weekend of Fun!
On Saturday 10th September we celebrated Dan’s 30th birthday a mere month late! We did this by visiting Tsuwano on the infamous Yamaguchi steam train. Before the steam train weekend away I experienced my first full week of teaching. They have kept me busy! More on that to follow…a relaxing weekend was just what the…
Sports Day! (Pre-Typhoon)
Saturday 3rd September was my High School’s sports day. The day was held at my base school in Shimonoseki, where I have my supervisor and I attend twice a week to teach. They take it very seriously here, with set teams, marching, flag raising and a whole host of unique sporting activities. I wasn’t involved…
A Quickie…
We survived blow fish! Ate it like a pro, sort of felt my throat swell, but live to tell the tale. To celebrate we visited London…sort of.
“Lived in a house, a very big house in the country…”
Ok, so we don`t live in a very big house, that is for sure, but we do live in the country! We are certainly in more rural Japan than most folks venture to. When we were initially told about Yamaguchi as our new home and google brought us back only vague hits of mountains and…
Why I am Weird in Japan…
Because my hair has made me look like a mad woman…humidity has led to a bouffant I was not expecting. Each time I pass a mirror (I now avoid this activity) it looks worse than I remember. I considered shaving it all off, but feared this will make me look even more insane. I sweat…