I left off just as I was beginning to tell my tale of a month in India, and now I'm headed to India-- again. Literally two years (almost to the day) later. I know I'm a terrible blogger. Lately, I've found myself making a list in my planner of all the blog posts I will write "someday" when I have time.…
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It was really hard for me not to buy wine glasses at the BX as soon as we arrived in Okinawa. There's just something about wrapping your hands around the…
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Our "Home Goods" shipment arrived in Japan today (i.e. everything that we own that wasn't put in storage before we left). Two big trucks pulled up in front of our…
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WTW Okinawa Bucket List Item There is something very thrilling about moving to a country when you don't speak the language and you don't know your way around. You feel…
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Since my 21 birthday, moving to New York has been in the periphery of my mind, just sort of taunting me. A couple of times every year I would think about…
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I get lost every time I try to tell the story of this past year. It's been a whirlwind that took me all over the United States before finally dropping…
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One of my goals when we moved to Japan was to learn the language fluently enough to converse comfortable and someday to be able to teach our children. I'd been…
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The temperatures are finally starting to fall into the low 70's in Okinawa, and with cooler temperatures, have come bigger waves. The last couple of days have been slammed with…
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Just kidding. Every person we have met in the Okinawa diving world has been so laid back and helpful and happy to share their diving knowledge with us that I…
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Scuba diving has never been particularly appealing to me. I love to breathe. I know for most people this goes without saying, but I like breathing so much that I…
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I was wondering which version of thank you was most appropriate when leaving a restaurant: "Domo Arigato Gozaimasu" or "Domo Arigato Gozaimashita". However, the topic of our Japanese class seemed…
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Buying cars in Okinawa is different than buying cars in most places. "Okinawa is where Japanese cars come to die." Those were the exact words our sponsor used when he…
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I'm very lucky to have a husband that can turn almost anything we have in the kitchen into meal that's instagram-worthy. But even with his knack for pairing spices with…
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