9 years ago

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
                                                                            -- Mark Twain

It seems just like yesterday that I traveled to Japan three different times to stay and visit with our oldest son and his wife.  Mr. Cottage said he didn't want to go, so I traveled there and back by myself, which is no big deal for me.  I grew up in a family that loved to travel, unlike Mr. Cottage.  I like to take advantage of every opportunity I can to travel and take in what our wonderful world and our country has to offer all of us.

It was 9 years ago this month that I made my second trip to Japan.  A few days after arriving, our middle son (the techie) also flew over and joined me.  We all went to the Ginza district in downtown Tokyo where our techie son went wild with Sony.  We all saw technology back in 2003 that just made it to the USA only within the past few years.

There's so many different and unusual architecture which blew my mind away.  This is one of them...

I'm not one to buy tacky souvenirs on any trip that I take.  On our walk to Chinatown in
Yokohama, we stopped at a doll shop where I found these Russian-made dolls that I had to take back home with me.  The photo doesn't show it, but the smallest size isn't much larger than a pea.   

I'm just so thankful that I went when I did.  Have you ever regretted a missed opportunity to take advantage of a once in a lifetime event?  Believe it or not, but I have a few missed regrets but as am getting older, I'm not going to let them slip by me if I can help it.