Before you all think I jumped aboard the Complain Train, take a look at my counter-post: 7 Things I Loved about Japan.
There are so many things to love about this quirky country. But for everything there is to love, there are a few things that may make you scratch your head, perplexed. Here are five things I wasn’t too fond about during my trip to Japan.
A first-timer to Japan, I visited this country with very little expectations and prior knowledge about what I’d discover. My first impressions of Japan led me to find some things to love about Japan and things that made me go, “hmm… dislike.” But Japan is one of those places that you NEED to experience for yourself. And in the end, you’ll probably love it. I strange love, but love nonetheless.
Here’s what I loved about traveling to Japan.
We all sat at our desks. Laid before us rested a blank sheet of paper, tiny little plastic forcep, and wooden probe. The teacher went around the classroom to each excited and eager second grader, all of us hopeful for a winner. The super cool science experience for the day? Dissecting an owl pellet.
Welcome to The World Incorporated’s Desk Departure series! Monthly tips to show you that it IS possible to travel the world with a full time job. Throughout this series, you’ll learn:
How to travel the world without sacrificing your career.
How to travel more with a full time job.
How to maximize your vacation days.
How travel can advance your career.
How to depart from your desk so you don’t waste your paid time off.
Detroit. It’s the “Motor City.” So much of Detroit’s history, successes, and world impact was (literally) driven by the automotive industry.
Ask any native southeast Michigander and I guarantee they have at least one connection to someone who works for the automotive industry. It’s part of the grit and future-forward mentality that makes us Detroiters. We’re kinda in this together.
Detroit Auto Show, it’s been awhile.
My last (and first) time going was 5 years ago. That’s half a decade. And though I’m not a car enthusiast, the NAIAS is one of those things that you just go to as a Metro Detroiter. It’s an industry that put Detroit on the map. It’s part of the fabric of who we are as a region. And it’s an exciting glimpse into the future of auto.
I’ll be there today, a week before the doors open to the public. If you want to get a sneak peek with me, be sure to follow The World Incorporated Facebook page. I’ll be posting photos and maybe even going live. Oh yeah, and twitter. Follow #DetroitLovesAutos #SteelMatters #HyundaiNAIAS #GenesisNAIAS
And I’m giving away tickets to NAIAS. Scroll to the bottom and enter to win!
Saturday, January 14 – Saturday, January 21, 2017
9 a.m. – 10 p.m. (no admittance after 9 p.m.)
Sunday, January 22, 2017
9 a.m. – 7 p.m. (no admittance after 6 p.m.)
Or you can win tickets below. :)
Thanks to SheBuysCars for sponsoring my sneak peak attendance to NAIAS!
Meet Bjúgnakrækir. That’s Icelandic for “sausage swiper.”
And this is his mother’s cat, Jolakotturinn (The Yuletide Cat), who enjoys lounging in the sun, sleeping all day, and eating children. Yum.
Every December they emerge from their packaging to sit on my fireplace mantle. He and his cat are among my treasured souvenirs from Iceland.
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Last night we put up the Christmas tree while classic holiday songs played over the speaker and our cat Cheddar stretched out in front of the fireplace.
I’m feeling a bit nostalgic. I always do around the holidays.
But instead of pining for my distant childhood memories (get the pun? HA!), I’m thinking about December 2015, when my husband and I made our first married Christmas memories during a weekend in Toronto.
It was a Christmas-themed weekend in Toronto, with ice skating and shopping and delicious food and tours and a date at the Toronto Christmas Market. I made a video of that weekend trip and I never shared it. So now I am.
Enjoy!
As a career girl whose goal is to travel the world with a full time job, opportunities to travel can be limited to my paid holidays, vacation days, and personal days.
It’s not like it’s my job to get paid to travel.
Until it is. My employer asked me to attend a conference for work [cue victory dance]. The destination: Boston.
My top priority was work. That was my number one commitment. But I still made it a priority to experience the city, so I did my best to figure out where to eat in Boston and what to do in Boston with limited time while on a work trip.
Welcome to The World Incorporated’s Desk Departure series! Monthly tips to show you that it IS possible to travel the world with a full time job. Throughout this series, you’ll learn:
How to travel the world without sacrificing your career.
How to travel more with a full time job.
How to maximize your vacation days.
How travel can advance your career.
How to depart from your desk so you don’t waste your paid time off.