The Wandering Potato

After a whirlwind two weeks, I finally can sit down and give you a little window into our mountain life. After a long, but easy 24hr of travel, we pulled into Narita Airport and slept soundly. In the morning we took a bus straight to Hakuba. Arriving where we are now, and will be for the rest of the month. The Bohemian Shelter, a cute little hostel nestled in the woods, just 4ks outside of Hakuba. Bringing wonderful people from all over the world, coming together for one common reason, to shred the Japow. The first week we seemed to have come to a winter wonderland. It snowed almost every night and the town was covered under piles of snow. We were getting our first taste of the legendary Japan snow. Waking up at 6 everyday to catch our shuttle, and pick from one of the many resorts here in Hakuba. From there, it was all downhill. (No pun intdended...okay maybe a little.) Both Yosh and I catching some really nasty bugs going around the hostel and, apparently all of Hakuba. We had abou...

Getting back into a rhythm is challenging. Especially when it comes to writing. I deeply enjoy doing the Wandering Potato.  But After putting it off for too long already on this trip. The new year came in hot, I kicked myself in the butt to get it done. Just to find out google had locked me out of blogger. Fortunately now we have a lot of un-planned time on our hands. And I have a lot of content to share with you.  First things first. Our trip was cut right in half as a bittersweet email came shooting in after Christmas. Yoshi (after a year of anxiously waiting) was accepted for his final interview for PR status! We had a feeling this was going to happen and wasn’t totally surprised. But when you are finally here, and in the moment and enjoying every minute of it. It's hard to let go of the places that you have built up to be so wonderful in your imagination.  Now we are home. Yoshi has been offically become a Permanent resident. The weight off our shoul...