Little Slimy Surprises

Do you know what is great about living in Japan? When you're least expecting it, you can walk into the convenient store and stumble upon something amazing! Take for example this slime (sour lime) flavored gum, based on the Slime monster from Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest in Japan), one my favorite childhood Nintendo games.

Photos From Down Under

This is coming a month late, but I have finally uploaded some pictures from our trip to Australia. For those of you who didn't know, Becky got to join me and my-coworker in leading a two-week study tour to Australia. For two weeks, we were responsible for 40 Japanese junior high school and high school students, who took English classes in the morning and got to do fun touristy activities most afternoons.

The trip took place in Cairns, North Queensland. It was my company's fourth trip to Cairns, and we will likely go again in the future. It was quite a bit more exhausting than I expected, but we had a fun time with the kids, and we were able to do a little sightseeing on our own too.

Below is a link to an album of some photos from Cairns. There aren't really any pictures of the kids for privacy reasons. Included is our day trip to Paronella Park and Mungalli Creek Dairy, a few from our trip with the kids to Kuranda, some shots around town (including brunch!), the Cairns Tropical Zoo, Green Island, and a few others from here and there.

Enjoy!

B&B Cairns 2012 Gallery