Thought I’d add a few tips for planning a trip to Japan. I’ll be adding to this as time goes on.
Well, it is official: we are going to Japan. Weszt finally got vacation approval so we bought our airline tickets. Kelley has been monitoring ticket prices for some time now, and so far we have been a bit disappointed. We figured it would be cheaper to fly from the west coast (Portland) than the east coast (Orlando). Unfortunately, that has not been the case. We did discover priceline.com had the flights we wanted for $811 per person, while on delta, expedia, et al they fluctuated from $929 to $1280 any given day. The flights are on Delta, and they are nonstop! We are very excited about that. This flight should be much easier than the previous two to Japan.
In the final minutes of preparation, we decided to pass on the Grand Canyon this time so that Kelley could recover from a cold. We’re still traveling, but will be visiting Sedona, Arizona and one other, to-be-determined destination instead. We’re disappointed for certain, but we’re going to make the most of it. Again we’re shown that flexibility and adaptability are important parts of travel plans.
Weszt has accepted a job offer with Strands, Inc, and we’re relocated this summer to the West Coast. According to the plan, we’ll live in Corvallis, Oregon for a while, then later move to the San Francisco. We’re a little scared, but increasingly excited and packing has already begun! We intend to make the most of the 3100+ mile drive so expect at least a few photos from the road!
You wouldn’t know it from the lack of updates, but we’ve been attempting for more than a year to refurbish and improve Passport Living. Our original goal was to build a new, from scratch content management system but our schedule (we realized much too late) wouldn’t allow it. Our old CMS, it seemed, was far too primitive and difficult to use, making site updates at best irritating and at worst, a nightmare. Now we’re armed with WordPress along with a slew of modifications and plug-ins and things are better than ever! We’re still in the process of moving everything over to the new web host, so please pardon the dust.
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