After traveling through all 7 continents and 7 seas, I'm sharing how I did it and about the jobs that paid me to travel the world.
After traveling through all 7 continents and 7 seas, I'm sharing how I did it and about the jobs that paid me to travel the world.
Sharing how I got paid to live in Japan by teaching ESL plus the benefits and challenges I experienced. Find out if teaching in Japan is right for you.
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This post is part 3 of a series of stories recounting all the ups and downs of my ~6 year journey around the world to all seven continents and seven seas.
This post is part 2 of a series of stories recounting all the ups and downs of my ~6 year journey around the world to all seven continents and seven seas.
This post is part 1 of a series of stories recounting all the ups and downs of my ~6 year journey around the world to all seven continents and seven seas.
Over my spring break I learned several lessons, the most important being that there are two Fuji stations on opposite sides of the mountain, and they are very much not the same. I was so caught up planning my trip to Hong Kong that I probably spent a total of an hour preparing for my trip to the Fuji area after. With only one day to rest in between my four days...
The second half of my break was spent in Shizuoka, near Mt. Fuji. Coincidentally one of my students was in the area to visit her hometown Fujinomiya at the same time and graciously invited me to spend the day with her and her family (husband, sister, and ten-year-old son). I’d never heard of Fujinomiya before but I’m so glad that I had the chance to visit...
On Monday, a couple foodie friends and I embarked on a food tour of Nagoya on foot, wandering to restaurants serving up Nagoya’s finest. Our Nagoya food tour included: miso katsu at Yabaton, dessert at Cafe Molly, and hitsumabushi at Shirakawa. Yabaton Honten- Yaba-cho The first stop on our tour was Yabaton, one of the most popular restaurants serving...
Here in Aichi, blossoming plum trees mark the beginning of spring. We had a rather late start and short season this year but I was able to visit two places: the Nagoya Agricultural Center in Nagoya and Bairin Park in Gifu. Bamboo to the left, plum blossoms to the right I had to look up the difference between plum and cherry trees since I’m not much of a...