This year, as some of you may know or remember from some previous forum threads, has been a very difficult for us financially. While this isn't exactly a "staycation" it is in the sense that we didn't travel internationally.

Since neither my wife nor I had been to Osaka before, we decided to take a few days and drive down -- about 6 hours by car. We visited some of the main sites, including (and especially) Osaka Castle and got to visit some long-lost friends who had moved to the city. We had a lovely time and I'd certainly be up to doing it again someday.

I spent the entire vacation comfortably attired, as I did not even bring anything bifurcated (although I didn't restrict my selections entirely to kilts either).

Anyway, here's a piccy of my better half and I at Osaka Castle. If you want to see the rest of the brief slideshow, go ahead and click through using the link at the bottom of the post.



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