http://blog.jeff.liotier.org You too can be a professional beach boy ! Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:20:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Almost everyone including Mag thought that we were going to Deauville, but I had secret plans. So here we are in New-York. It's been a while for me and first time for Mag. More news coming... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/12/27/hello-new-york We're back in the biggest city on earth. After a dreamlike week on the beach, we reach our first location and final stay: Tokyo. We started off with Shinjuku and its sky scrappers, Yoyogi garden, Harajuku and Shibuya's fashion shows !! Today, we went to the fish market in Tsukiji, ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/24/voyage-de-noces-11-ishigaki-to-tokyo-and-to-la-napoule Finally we managed to go diving Manta Ray Point, the most famous diving spot of all Japan. And as our instructor Satoki-sensei said : we were lucky !!! The average is one or two manta rays and we had more than 8 !!! Mag and I are delighted. Please go ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/18/voyage-de-noces-10-manta I am the happiest man on Earth !!! You should have seen the sweetest face of Mag when we were on final approach around the island with it deep blue see, the white foam of the coral reef, the clear blue sea inside and the white sand beaches !! It ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/15/voyage-de-noces-09-kobe-to-kabira-ishigaki So here is the end of our Honshu trip. We visited Himeji castle this morning and went to Kobe. Tomorrow morning is our flight for Ishigaki. There rest, snorkling, diving, swimming, padding... awaits us. I don't know if there will be any Internet access. You'll see ;) http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/13/voyage-de-noces-08-himeji-to-kobe I really wanted Mag to taste Horshima's okonomiyaki. It's the local specialty and she always wanted to eat what they cook in the mangas with the metal tools. So we went to a weird second floor in which there was at least 20 little restaurant one next to the other, ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/12/voyage-de-noces-07-hiroshima-to-himeji We finally got to our guest house in Kyoto. The housekeeper was very nice, helpful and interesting. Thanks for everything Harumi-san. We did most of the main activities, 2 days by bicycle and 2 days by bus (because we were tired ;). I will not cite them all as it tooks ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/11/voyage-de-noce-06-kyoto We stayed in a lovely ryokan and went to eat in a Japanese grill, teriyaki place. There we were at the counter and they did not speak English and the carte was almost not even written in roman letters. We still managed to order thanks to a funny (as in ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/06/voyage-de-noce-05-matsumoto-to-kyoto Today we enjoyed hiking through the mountain to see the many temples, trees, ponds, Japanese and tourists... Nikko is really a wonderful place. Mag was delighted and so was I. Then we needed energy so we went a to a so small restaurant that it took us 10 minutes to find ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/06/voyage-de-noce-04-nikko-to-matsumoto Yesterday we went to Ginza, one of the biggest and most famous commercial street of Tokyo. They call it the Japanese Champs-Elysees. Of course we went to the Sony Building to see many technological goodies. Cameras, video cameras, home theaters... and of course the Rolly. Even if it is really ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/04/voyage-de-noce-03-from-tokyo-to-nikko Finally with a little delay we boarded our flight to discover our lovely environment for 11 hours of flight. We really enjoyed the services on board and the flight was quite pleasant except a few turbulences but without it, it wouldn't be flying. Mag watched the Untouchables, me National secrets ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/03/voyage-de-noce-02-flight-and-first-day-in-tokyo Hi everyone, Since we were crazy enough to travel in business class we enjoy all the available services (meals, beverages (with moderation), showers, lounges...). I wish we could travel this way all the time !! We are testing Terminal 5 and we hope our luggage will arrive with us at Tokyo or ... http://blog.jeff.liotier.org/index.php/2008/05/01/voyage-de-noce-01-connections