Believe me when I say, many of the best travel experiences are unplanned and unexpected. Nevertheless, I hope this itinerary will help people imagine the experience of going on Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Summer 2010 and will help give us a basis for our 3 week trip.
These days are full of beautiful, new, and exciting [...]
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Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Summer 2010 Itinerary
February 5th, 2010Short video: Cool machine makes traditional sweets in Kyoto market
November 30th, 2009While exploring Kyoto on the Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009 I took this short vid: a cool machine makes traditional Japanese sweets. Then I panned out to give a view of the hallway market, or shoutengai, with locals and the homeschoolers/unschoolers from the tour!
This is actually the first video I’ve ever posted to [...]
Back Home from Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009
November 25th, 2009Hey everyone, I’m finally back home and posting again after Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009. Six unschooling/homeschool teens and young adults and I spent three weeks exploring the Land of the Rising Sun.
Here I’ll start with the last photo from the trip just after we cleared customs in LAX:
I got about half way [...]
First Kyoto temple: Ginkakuji – “The Silver Temple”
November 14th, 2009It’s been an exciting week for us seven unschoolers/homeschoolers in Japan! We’ve been to many places but now I’ll post photos from the first temple we went to in Kyoto: Ginkakuji – “The Silver Temple“. Above the famous sand sculptures the maple leaves are just starting to turn bright red.
The colors of the leaves in [...]
Mikuni, Osaka, Kawaramachi, Kyoto, and Harajuku, Tokyo
November 9th, 2009We had a pretty busy weekend on the Worldschool Travel Tour with us seven unschooling young adults: we went to my old little neighborhood of Mikuni, Osaka and to Kawaramachi the bustling center of Kyoto on Saturday. On Sunday we went to Harajuku, Tokyo which is famous for its “cosplay”: people who show off amazing [...]
First Morning in Tokyo on Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn
November 2nd, 2009I woke up early as I have been but things are going great on Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan in Autumn 2009! The 11 hour flight was pretty exhausting but Korean Airlines fed us good food and gave us good leg room! Then we had trouble getting money from ATMs but even that seems to be cleared-up!
I [...]
Guide to eating in Japan: Dos, Don’ts, Customs, and Words
October 9th, 2009“Irashaimase!” That’s the “Welcome!” you hear bellowed when you enter a restaurant in Japan. Here are a bunch of other words and customs plus some dos and don’ts to know when eating in Japan.
Entering a Restaurant in Japan
First of all, the welcome you hear often sounds more like: “Iiiiiirasshaimaseeee!”
Or some people, especially guys, will say [...]
Homeschooling/Unschooling teen learns from working his first job to earn money for travel
September 30th, 2009I’ve always hoped homeschooling/unschooling teens and young adults learning to earn their own money could be part of Worldschool Travel Tours. Recently, the mother of one of the teens on my upcoming November Japan 2009 tour wrote me telling me how working his first job has helped her son grow, learn, and gain confidence.
Sherry had [...]
Stranger in a Strange Land Newsletter: September 2009
September 26th, 2009This is the latest edition of the newsletter I’ve been e-mailing to people since my travel started in 2002:
Dear Readers,
This is just a short newsletter mainly announcing my next tour especially for homeschooling/unschooling teens and young adults: Worldschool Travel Tour: Japan Summer 2010!
You can read all about it on my blog post and see photos [...]
