JULY 2010– Flying in to Haneda Airport is an entirely different experience than landing at remote Narita airport, which is located in a largely agricultural area two hours north of central Tokyo. The plane circles over Tokyo Bay, offering the traveler a panoramic view of the Tokyo skyline. It is a vast city, one of […]…
Category: travel-notes
Germany, 2008
APRIL 2008 — I’m on the Inner-City Express (ICE) headed for Paris. I got on one train headed south from Frankfurt and then changed trains in Mannheim. This train is making a direct shot for Paris, stopping in a few places like Kaiserslautern and Saarbrucken (both of which sound like kinds of cole slaw.) Judging […]…
France, April 2008
APRIL 2008–After the rugged countryside along the German border, the terrain in France flattens out. As a result, the train starts to really move along, hitting speeds of at least 100 mph. On the few times that I see an expessway, the train races ahead of the cars traveling at or near the speed limit […]…
Australia, May 2008
MAY 2008 — It’s somewhat disorienting to be in Australia. When I went for a jog this morning in Melbourne, I had to be very careful about crossing roads because they drive on the English-side of the road here. It’s also autumn and the leaves are turning colors. So that’s a neckwrench, coming from New […]…
TOKYO–What Changes?
MAY 2007 — The eternal question about Tokyo and Japan is, “What has changed?” The Imperial Palace still dominates the heart of Tokyo, and I ran around it, just as I did when I spent so much time in Japan in 1989. I always think of the palace as a symbol—at the heart of the […]…
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