Sunday, September 06, 2009

Travel and Self-Torture

Recently, we've been busy with some weddings in the family. Eunice, Liz's third sister, (& Ben) married in July, and my cousin Henry (&Naomi) were married a few weeks ago. They were all very smart - they went to Hawaii for a very relaxing honeymoon. My cousin Sam (&Karyn) are planning a relaxing getaway to Maui as well. Many of you know that Liz and I had a very rigorous honeymoon. You've all heard me talk about being nearly mugged twice in Spain, and taking a very romantic and intimate overnight coach train from Paris to San Sebastian with four other smelly travellers (one of whom stripped down to his tighty-whities). Well, we continued this proclivity towards self-punishment when we travelled on this trip. Here is a short clip of us after our 1.) 11 hr flight (w/ Lina being awake MOST of the time), 2.) 1 hr. 10 min. Narita Express ride into Shinjuku (w/ all our luggage and a very tired and fussy baby), AND 3.) transfer to a local JR train to our apartment. By this time, we were both pulling from DEEP reserves!



2 comments:

Lillian said...

you guys are SO brave! i was just telling emily that i don't think that mitch and i would EVER have the courage to travel across the globe like that with a little kid. we may just wait until they are all out of the house! haha.

emily said...

HAHAHA. i love your expression at the end of your clip. it captures what you are expressing in your post.
and i forgot about your train ride. haha. what a honeymoon! :)