Part 1: Holidays in Japan, Tokyo

Happy 2013! Just 3 days ago I got back from my trip to Japan. And one of my resolutions is to blog at least once a week. My pictures alone will take me through the middle of the year I think! Ha! Hopefully not, for everyone sake.

So here's part one, day 1. It was a long day being that we flew out of LAX at midnight and got in after a 12 hour flight to Tokyo at 5am the following day (missed all of Dec 20th, so bizarre). Then in an attempt to stay awake, we wandered around the city, just soaking it all in. Looking back, we did so much that first day!

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Travel with a Cote

traveling. i sure do miss it. growing up is great, but a full time job and bills, not so much. i think i must have taken my first backpacking trip with my mom when I was 12? And yup, you guessed it, she made me wear my own backpack. And yep, it was pretty much bigger than me. And I loved it.

so when i saw these images/illustrations from the Cote D'Azur, you guessed it, i quit, and got on a plane pronto.

ok. well, not really. but you wouldn't blame me. would you?

and of course illustrator Catherine Orchard is coming with...

image source.