Continuing the Italy videos from 2006, this is the second part, our trip to Florence.
Highlights of this video include:
Back in 2006, Tanya and I visited Italy, Venice, Florence, and Rome. Here is the first part, the video from Venice. We also visited the islands of Murano, and Burano.
I think this post somehow disappeared when I was upgrading to the latest version of wordpress, so here goes again.
I’ve re-encoded a group of my older videos for web viewing, the first of which is a trip that the wifey (or then pre-wifey) and I took to Japan in 2005. We visited Osaka, Kyoto, Hakone, and Tokyo.
Ikebukuro Gyoza Stadium in the Namjatown is a portion of the theme park dedicated to Gyoza (potstickers) from all around Japan. Namjatown is in the Sunshine City shopping center in Tokyo, and is well worth a visit for the gyoza lover! In this video I visit Gyoza Stadium, and sample a few different gyoza stands. Which gyoza is out the best? Watch the video to find out!
15 minute walk from Ikebukuro Station
Hours: Daily 10:00 to 22:00 (entry until 21:00)
Admission: 300 yen (Namjatown)
Located inside the Namjatown in the Ikebukuro Sunshine City complex, the Ikebukuro Gyoza Stadium features various gyoza dishes by famous restaurants from across Japan. The theme is Tokyo of the 1950s.
I spent a day exploring the town of Toulon in Southern France. Here are some pictures from the cable car, and a view from the mountain atop Toulon.
Today is the 2nd day of my drive back to San Diego from Washington DC. Passing through Indiana, I saw a sign off the freeway advertising a White Castle Burger at the next exit. I’ve always wanted to try White Castle, but I’ve never been in a region of the country that has them before. Well, I have to say that overall I was truly unimpressed by this burger. It seemed only fittting that i had one of my In-N-Out shirts on while taking this picture to represent what a good burger should be.
Sendai Japan is the original home of Cow Tongue, aka Gyutan in Japan. This video highlights the cow tongue culture.
Yamadera, literally “Mountain Temple”, is a temple in Yamagata Japan that requires climbing a staircase of over 1100 steps to reach the top! Checkout the video to see the climb, and the Ryūshaku-ji Temple (立石寺) at the top!
In the city of Utsunomiya in Japan, they are crazy about gyoza! Inside and outside the train station are many restaurants that specialize in gyoza (potstickers). There’s even a gyoza statue! This video highlights “gyoza street” inside the train station, and two of the restaurants outside of the station.
The Miharu Takizakura (三春瀧桜) in Japan is a cherry blossom tree that is estimated to be over 1,000 years old. Perhaps even 1500 years old. It’s an amazing sight, with an equally amazing amount of tourists who come to see it. This is truly a sight to be seen! Considered one of the three best cherry trees in Japan! It is located near Fukushima in Japan… a couple hours from Tokyo.