Empty Nester Miles

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  • Japan Trip Part 17 – Hyatt Centric Tokyo King Suite Review

    When I booked our Tokyo hotel, I went back and forth between the Park Hyatt (recently reopened after a long renovation) and the Hyatt Centric. I had narrowed it down to those two because they both were allowing the use of a Suite Upgrade Award for our dates and with three adults, we needed the…

  • Japan Trip Part 16 – Kyoto to Tokyo on the Shinkansen Green Car

    A few days before our trip, I was pricing out bullet train tickets from Kyoto to Tokyo on the SmartEX app, and I saw that there were green car tickets available for not much more than the price of regular seats. The green car is basically business class, with wider seats, a menu you can…

  • Japan Trip Part 15 – Kyoto Activities

    With only two days in Kyoto (plus our bonus day in Arashiyama), we needed to be efficient. It was unfortunately swelteringly hot when we were there. Both days were around 95F with a heat index of 107F. On the first day, we took the Nishiki Market food tour at 11am and went back to the…

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  2. Great presentation at Rotary today. Walked away educated. Please add me to your list serve and if you could flip me the FB page link I’d appreciate it. Thank you and again nice job!

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