Konecne doma! Ked sa teda Tsukuba da teraz tak nazyvat. Este v Tokyu sme si povedali, ze sa musime v Tsukube pred stanicou odfotit a poslat to do NIMSu, aby vsetci vedeli uz v nedelu vecer, ze sme dorazili v poriadku, ale nakoniec sme si na to spomenuli az na prvej krizovatke a to uz sa vracat nikomu nechcelo. Zvlast, ked sme este museli ist tro...

10/13 Tsukuba-san   OK, so I lied ... one more entry before heading off to Nikko tomorrow. Today we climbed Mt. Tsukuba, and I wanted to go ahead and put this out. It was a great day for a hike ... sunny and cool with a bit of a breeze. The only drawback is that there was quite a bit of moisture in the air, so the views from the summit were...

Just a short comment on the weather. Today's a nice day, so it feels a bit weird to be writing about rain, but it rained the last two days and is forecast for tomorrow as well. I'm doing laundry so I can hang it out on the balcony. Although we, and I believe most people here, have a dryer, they typically hang clothes outside, I'm guessing b...

Sorry - I'm getting a little behind in my travel blog. I've been too busy having fun and seeing more stuff.  I'll try to catch up in the next couple of days.   Here's a short entry about one of our favorite Japanese dishes ... one that's not well known outside of Japan. It's called okonomiyaki, which roughly translated means "what you ...

Here I am, back at the Photon Factory, Tsukuba Science City, for my second experiment. Actually, I don't recall much of the physics from last time :) but now that the novelty of being in Japan has worn off, I can focus on my work. I still love it here, and am still appreciative of the beauty of the place and people, but it's not longer an alien ...