Today was a national holiday here in Japan – Respect for the Aged Day (Keiro no Hi), so I expected there to be massive crowds like yesterday. As a result, I wanted to get up good and an early today. Also, the waves were really good early yesterday morning. So, I left the house at […]
Sunday (September 14th)
This summer, I have been going surfing only on weekdays. Today was my second time to visit Yoshida on a weekend. Last time, it was packed. What would it be like today?
Trifecta (September 10th)
After an unsuccessful outing on Monday, I was hoping for a better day today. Little did I know that today I would experience something new.
Three Strikes… (September 8th)
Today was NOT a good day for surfing. It was so bad that I didn’t even bother to take any pictures. REALLY. First, we checked out Yoshida. FLAT. Second, we stopped at Shizunami. FLAT. Finally, we visited Kashima. There were a few surfers trying to catch some small waves, but not tempting enough for us […]
Tatadohama Weekend (September 6th – 7th)
Finally, we are spending the night at Tatadohama. Earlier in the week, the forecast had been for rain, but the rain is going to miss this part of Japan. Going to spend the weekend at our favourite beach in Japan!
TGIF (September 5th)
I’m still on vacation so the title for this posting isn’t the most appropriate, but it was the best thing that I could think of. Like usual, the waves have been small – would I be pleasantly surprised today??
Donnerstag (September 4th)
“This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays”
Big Wednesday (September 3rd)
Today reminded me of the 1978 Jan-Michael Vincent film, Big Wednesday. A movie that is sitting in the van waiting to be watched during some heavy traffic jam. What a coincidence today was also a Wednesday!
Back to the beach! (September 2nd)
With it being almost 2 weeks since my last surf session, I was happy to be able to get back to the beach. I actually wanted to go yesterday but I was too jet lagged to go. I actually slept about 16 hours straight! Many of you probably remember that the official surfing season in […]
Food in Essen
Since I knew that people would ask me about the food in Germany, I decided to take a few snapshots of the food I ate during my week in Essen, Germany. I’m sure that this isn’t considered gourmet, but these are a few things that I ate during the week.
