Japan 2019 adventure
Well put simply we would. Having booked to travel to Amsterdam some time ago our excitement mounted as the holiday came nearer. But that gave way to listening to, reading all, dissecting all weather reports about the upcoming Storm Dennis. Pete gave me various Geography lessons as to how to interpret the shipping forecast. Catching …
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So we managed to find the train station… Tick. We managed the navigate the very large train station… Tick. And finally got on the train, the right one… Tick. We got the super economy tickets so we were expecting the worse when in actual fact it seemed much better than British Rail. When travelling I …
Bologna is known for it’s music scene so last night we went to a funk and soul open mic night. It said it was a cafe but it was huge. On the website it said it started at 9pm so being terribly British we made sure we pretty much got there on the dot, for …
So we have arrived in Bologna. For a while I had thought that due to Pete’s appendix removal we would have to cancel but luckily he perked up sufficiently, although with the proviso we don’t try and cram a zillion things into one day. The journey over was surprisingly seamless, despite being frisked at security …
So tonight is the last night of our holidays and we leave tomorrow. We’ve had a brilliant time, certainly there have been some downs, that’s inevitable but overall there have definitely been more ups. Maybe the downs are more linked to frustrations around language and knowing how to do things right initially but getting the …
Woke up in a proper bed today – what luxury. Had a little look at what was on TV. We started watching a channel dedicated to learning English. One was related to language on twitter etc. Things like SMH meaning shaking my head which I have never heard of before. Phrases such as ‘head off …
We got rid of the van today. I wasn’t overly disappointed, it had served it’s purpose. We had decided to finish our last few days in Tokyo at a hotel. It worked out more reasonable than parking up on the outskirts and traveling in. The camper people gave us a lift back to Narita Station. …
Woke to pouring rain, which was lovely. You miss it when you haven’t seen it for a while but realise how awful it is in the UK at the moment so should watch what I say! Writing this in some ways feels a bit self indulgent or maybe very self indulgent but it has really …
What a brilliant sleep we had. We were able to take our washing to the campsite, which was a bonus. By the time we had sorted that out the Observation Area cafe had opened. We splashed out all 600 yen on breakfast. It was very tasty but yet again forks were brought over as I …
On the way to the beach we had breakfast here at an observatory point, on Mount Hakoda, on the Pearl Road. It’s 23.8 kilometres long and winds it’s way from Toba to the mountains to Shima. From here we could see the sea and islands down below. What a perfect spot for breakfast. The michi …
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