Empty Nester Miles

Points, Miles and Travel
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  • Japan Trip Part 13 – Hyatt Place Kyoto King Room Review

    On our last morning in Osaka, we had breakfast at the Conrad and took a taxi to Osaka Station. There, we caught a local train to Kyoto. Of course, you could save a whole 10 minutes and take a Shinkansen, but that would cost 10 times the price. In fact, our JR Rail Pass covered…


  • Japan Trip Part 12 – Half Day Trip to Nara

    Nara is absolutely one of the most-tourist heavy sites you will go to in Japan. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go there. It’s worth it to see the famous deer and some of the most beautiful shrines and temples in the country. Given the hot weather, it would have made more sense to visit Nara…


  • Japan Trip Part 11 – Half Day Trip to Arashiyama

    On the day our daughter had her concert, she was busy with friends and fellow concert-goers the whole day so my wife and I didn’t see her at all. Instead, we made our own plans. My wife is fascinated by monkeys, as evidenced by our visit to not one, but two, monkey parks in Bali…


3 thoughts on “Empty Nester Miles

  1. 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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