This trip has been a long time in the making and I'm excited to finally be here. After only a day and a half we've found Mexico to be so much more interesting and stunningly beautiful than we're often told to expect. We've somehow managed to avoid the apparently prevalent drug lords and marauders for the time being (talking to you, Mom!) so let's hope it stays that way :) Fort Lauderdale airport was a zoo, but the flight clocked in at less than two hours so it w...

I thought I would be saying that Tokyo DisneySea was just like Epcot, but it's truly in a league of its own. The park is more detailed and beautiful than any themepark we've ever seen, and is definitely geared toward adults. That isn't too surprising because there must've been a 90/10 ratio of adults to kids. What really took me by surprise though was how few foreigners there were. I had been feeling terrible about spending our last day in Japan at Disney...it do...

Our string of stinky weather has continued (which is no surprise given it's February) but yesterday was so freakishly warm that we walked around in just jeans and a t-shirt. Thank you carbon pollution! We didn't get the best sleep on our traditional tatami bed, which can best be described as a piece of plywood with sheets, but we still lazed around our tiny room until the last possible second. The train station was just a minute's walk away, and then we'd hit the...

Holy guacamole am I glad that we did all of our sightseeing yesterday! Today's weather has been pretty terrible from beginning to end with an interminable icy rain. Of course, umbrellas didn't make the "must pack" list so we've had the repeated privilege of looking like aquatic morons as we stand for minutes-on-end at glowing red street crossings. Brittany even said she saw a lady point and laugh. Who could blame her? Fortunately it was mostly a travel day and we...