Resting, cleaning, putting dishes, gifts and silverware away. Plus, last minute shopping, prepping and packing for Japan. Our daughters are backpacking (in the coldest winter since who knows when) around Japan for 2 weeks. Hostels, bullet trains (shinkansen) and low budget traveling is for the 21 and under crowd.

A great app for International texting and photos is What’s App? if you ever need or want to keep in ‘comunicado’ with travelers or family abroad.

Yen are so beautiful, I just had to take some pictures.

Look for better and better photos, my Christmas gift was a camera with attachable lens capabilities. It might take me a while to learn how to focus and get the most out of my new viewfinder but I will surely practice and post as I go.