Sayoonara

Before the sun rose this morning we kissed our sweet friends good bye in Kyoto. It has been an amazing trip and if it weren't for our incredible husbands and kids at home we would all be happy to keep traveling together. Thank you Cheryl and Malcolm for another tremendous life moment. We leave Japan looking back on our trip fondly and looking forward to more laughs as we reminisce for decades to come.

Happy 7th Birthday Mac

Domo Arigatou

Amy was such a gracious hostess. She held our hands through Tokyo and directed us to local neighborhoods and restaurants. The trip would not have been nearly as cool or personal without her. Your kindness is overwhelming. Thank you for your friendship and the deep generousity you showed to us and our kids. We can't wait to see your beautiful family when you are back in The States.

Student Survey

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Happy 7th Birthday Mac

Ingrid and Malcolm spent the more favorite hour of Mac's birthday skipping around the cemetery behind Nishi-otani Mausoleum. To reach Kiyomizu-dera Temple we had to walk up a granite covered hillside. The headstones proved to be the perfect landscape for a game of hide and seek.

Ingrid

Dress The Part

I know these are our kids but it is impossible for me not to mention that they are the cutest little people ever. Ingrid and Mac, kimonoed and ninjaed their way through the dusk lit streets of historic Kyoto. I have a hard  time believing that either of them will dress in character on their return visits to Japan.  They were so open hearted and uninhibited I applaud them for seizing the moment.
Especially それその暗闇の中で忍者 Ninja.

Mac Ninja

オーバーすることを何ですか？ある小さな男の子や忍者 Ninja. それその暗闇の中で忍者 Ninja. オーバーすることを何ですか？ある小さな男の子や忍者 Ninja?

Kyotoween

Mac and Ingrid wanted to celebrate the upcoming holiday overseas, that is how Kyotoween came to be. The grassroots revelers hit the streets in the Shijo-dori neighborhood of Kyoto. They visited some traditional Japanese shops, stopped for pizza by the Takasa-gawa River,  explored a new play ground and generally amused the locals.