Travel Archive

My favorite part of Tokyo was wandering around all the different neighborhoods and observing the idiosyncrasies of each. Take a look at some of my favorite scenes of Tokyo… 1. Takeshita Dori in Harajuku Takeshita Dori, a street running perpendicular from Harajuku Station, is known for ...Read More

Paris. The city of light, one of the most visited cities in the world. People dream of picnicking under the Eiffel Tower, wandering around the Louvre, taking in the views of the city at the top of Montmarte, and they schedule their time in Paris to ...Read More

Just behind the hustle and bustle of Harajuku Station there is a wooded oasis. Under a canopy of tall trees lies Meiji Jingu, a Shinto shrine dedicated to former Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. Emperor Meiji came to power in 1868 and ...Read More

I took the photo for this week’s Snapshot Sunday in Bar Harbor, Maine while on a road trip with a friend. It was the first weekend I had my DSLR, and while the photos aren’t perfect, I had a fun time playing with the ...Read More

Jeju Island is not small. I wasn’t really aware of this fact until Tara told me when we booked our tickets. I naively figured that since it was an island, one that is traveled often, all the sights would be near to each other. ...Read More

After Tara and I scrapped all of our initial Jeju plans, we had to go back the proverbial drawing board (or in this case, back to the guidebook) and figure out what we really wanted to see and do on our vacation. Which turned ...Read More