Mike test 1,2,3: Konichiwa

As you know, travel is a time of new experiences, of learning about how others live and love, make rice and noodles, spit and make up etc. So, ahead of my first trip to The Land of the Rising Sun, I have picked up what I am sure will be a terrific travelogue: Dave Barry Does Japan.

Ok, I admit this is slightly crazy. But I do not need the Lonely Planet (motto: "Find the individual, follow the herd") anymore, because I have money, and oh, I also have personal hygiene. So unless Bill Bryson has already done Japan, I am going with my boy Dave.

(PS: reading Down Under when traveling in Australia was by far the funniest experience).