The long road back from Intex in Osaka Bay, nothing is short when it comes to travel in Japan, although everything does move quickly and efficiently. I arrived at Itami International Airport, which strangely enough only serves the domestic market, with 30 minutes before my boarding time. What else to do besides hit up the […]

We had planned this trip 6 months prior, but it only truly came together in the days leading up to it. If you have points on Star Alliance, generally speaking, a lot of international availability opens up within 24-78hrs prior to departure. Who has the ability to book such last minute international trips? This guy, […]

The forecast for our week in France was excellent: sunny every day, and only 3 hours of rain scheduled for the entirety of our trip. Literally only 3 hours. It just so happened that those 3 hours came during our visit to the Eiffel Tower. Pouring rain and jetlag encumbered our trip to the top […]

We arrived in France extremely jetlagged. Overnight flight with a 3.5 year old and 1.5 year old… I would say none of us got sleep, besides the 3.5 year old, who secured his age in hours of shuteye. 11pm departure, 11am arrival, 6 hours of flight time. 1 hour of customs and immigration. 30 minutes […]