TTT Day 2 ~ Tsukiji, Ginza and Odaiba

Posted by Tiffany on September 17, 2009 in Travel

Day two of my Tokyo Trip! We visted Tsukiji, Ginza and Odaiba. Tsukiji is known for it’s famous fish market which is also the biggest food market in the world! They have these fish auctions that take place there but you have to be there before 5:30am to see the action. That turned out to be a little bit too early for us, but we managed to get there around 6am and there was lots of things to see still.

This is the type of traffic you see at the fish market, people transporting goods all around the market with their trollies. It may not look like it, but it’s pretty dangerous crossing here! It’s like crossing a highway, we almost got ran over by a trolly many times.. they don’t care to stop for you..

I honestly did not know tuna grew this big until I went here.. I’ve only seen tuna come in cans or on top of my sushi before this! It was a very educational experience for me hahah

TTT Day 1 ~ Ghibli Museum and Roppongi Hills

Posted by Tiffany on September 11, 2009 in Travel

TTT = Tiffany’s Tokyo Trip! Hello all!! I’m finally posting some ‘real’ photos from my trip to Tokyo a couple weeks ago. I’m very sorry that I didn’t really get anywhere with that last post, but thank you for being patient with me. =) So here is my first official full day in Tokyo, since we got there during the evening the day before and that doesn’t really count! Anyway our plan for the day was going to the Ghibli Museum and also seeing the Roppongi district.

It was our first experience with taking the train around and it was relatively simple to figure out! Everyone I talked to about the transit system made it seem so tricky! It also helps that there was three of us because there was always one of us that knew where they were going. The Ghibli Museum is located in the Mitaka district and it was only a short 20 minute train ride to get there. From the Mitaka station it was about a 15 minute walk to get to the museum. We had to walk through a nice park/forest area to get to there and along the way there were signs telling you how much further it was!

Studio Ghibli is responsible for bringing you many wonderful animated films such as ‘My Neighbor Totoro’, ‘Princess Mononoke’, ‘Spirited Away’ and most recently ‘Ponyo’. I have yet to see Ponyo, but I highly recommend the other ones if you haven’t seen them yet!

Walking to the museum..

My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 3)

Posted by Tiffany on August 17, 2009 in Travel

Yatta! We’re at the final post of the trip to Ontario and Quebec which I took in July. It took a little longer than expected to get these posts up but hopefully in the future, I’ll be more efficient with this stuff! The most time consuming part for me was definitely all of the photos. Browsing, selecting, editing, uploading, seems like a lot work doesn’t it? I’m probably just a big slowpoke! Regardless of however long it took, I still really enjoy sharing my photos and experiences with all of you. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my trip! Scroll on to read about what I did on the last two days!

If you missed the previous entries, read them here:
My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 1)
My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 2)

Day 5 – August 27 : 1000 Islands and Niagara Falls

This is the tour boat that took us around The 1000 Islands.

Spotted these untied shoelaces while sitting on the top deck of the boat. They were bugging the hell outta me! I wish the kid would tie her laces, now they’re going to get all dirty! hahah

This is what a boat garage looks like!

I thought that the houses sitting on those mini islands looked a bit surreal. I can’t imagine living on a tiny island.. I guess I’m a city girl haha.

I think these coin operated binoculars look pretty cool, kind of like a robot or something.

This is Boldt Castle. It was built by the millionaire proprietor of the famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City as a display a love for his wife. Woah, imagine someone building a castle for you!! That’s just crazay.

You could visit the castle if you wanted.

There was even a US Customs / Border control at the castle. This is because The 1000 Islands are spread across USA and Canada. I left my cell phone on during the boat tour and ended up having to pay 6 cents in roaming after I got my bill haha