Karl's Deck

I flew back to Seattle for Dawg Dash weekend, and Waffle Fest. Hike But first, I met up with my friend Carrie for a hike. We mailed back and...

Since I'm moving to the Washington DC area for my new job, I decided to try out the Amtrak Auto Train . After all, I am moving from one...

Bev called up in October, to wish me a happy birthday. We hadn't seen each other in a year or more, so she invited me out for a weekend...

After training for so many months, marathon weekend is here! Earlier this year I realized that 10 years ago is when I started running. Sinc...

I'm back from a fantastic trip, and still sorting pictures and thinking of what to write. So I'll be filling this in during the upc...

I found a nice walking tour of Kyoto and followed it. Ginkakuji Originally uploaded by klbarrus Temple of the Silver Pavillion . Ginkakuji ...

After touring Urayasu in the morning, I met up with the group to say bye. They were all flying back, but I took an extra 5 days off work to ...

In the morning, Shige drove me around the old part of Urayasu. Most of the city is new, built on land reclaimed from the sea. Shige took m...

Several URC members took us to Kamakura, southeast of Tokyo right off a subway stop. We headed towards the Tsurugaoka Hachiman shrine , at t...

The usual schedule for the exchange trip is to check out of our hotel after the race, and then have a homestay with a Japanese family until ...

On the morning of the race day, we got up to a few inches of snow on the ground, and more falling. All of us realized the half-marathon had...

After the morning club run, we went to see the Imperial Palace and walk around downtown Tokyo. Palace Grounds Originally uploaded ...

The Urayasu Runners Club isn't that big, strictly speaking, compared to other running clubs I've been in. It is just that the URC h...

The flight from Orlando to Detroit, and then to Narita, was uneventful... but very long. After landing in Japan, we were met by a few URC (...

A list of links to the other posts: Lisbon Budapest Bike Trip Bratislava Czech Republic Prague

I had a day layover in Lisbon on the way home, so I made the most of it by walking around from my hotel, near the Marquês de Pombal monument...

I spent a few days in Budapest, mostly walking around with city with Eric, Kelly, and Jennifer. At this point I've actually walked arou...