Just a writer having the time of my life exploring this world
My first week in Japan was spent in Niigata City, Niigata. It's a coastal city with great seafood and rice. A lot of my time was spent with my hosts in Kameda for the week as I taught English at a local high school. It's a very beautiful, suburban, medium-sized city. Some strip malls and …
I had one day in Tokyo on July 23 before my teaching internship began. We were staying near Kanda in East Tokyo but decided to explore Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku throughout our free day. I kind of just went with the flow of 10 other interns — led by one who spoke Japanese. Shibuya and Harajuku …
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Our last day in Italy started off wrong. We planned to go to Saint Mark’s Basilica early but when we got there at 9:30 a.m. (It opens at 9:45 a.m.), the line was extraordinarily huge. Instead, we decided to make the most of our vaporetto 24 hour pass and travel to Burano, another island near …
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Day 1 We took the train (first class holla) to Venice (Venezia). I was told that the city would probably be humid and smelly during the summer because of all the water canals. I was told it was touristy and not much more. The main thing to do is San Marco and gondola rides. …
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Lost With Lindsay 