Around The World in (just over) 80 days
I’m completely overwhelmed by the politeness of the Japanese people. Every encounter is heavily punctuated by smiling,bowing and liberal thank yous (arigatou gozaimasu). It’s a very pleasant experience – one I could get used to. Likewise the cleanliness. There seem to be armies of people on duty in public places ensuring the highest standards of [...]
Gobbling sushi outside a temple is not a thing you do every day but we did it. From a Japanese shop we got big rice sushis prawns, eels and noodles. Shovelling our food down like beasts, we watched the visitors filing into the phenomenal temple. Being so interested in this complicated language I didn’t hear [...]
Vending Machine, originally uploaded by Chrstopher.
Yes, they are everywhere in Japan selling water, fizzy drinks, iced coffee and green tea as well as beer and cigarettes. I haven’t seen one selling whisky just yet… We bought a bottle of the CC Lemon Drink from this one. Not bad at all.
The coffee in the top row [...]
Dragon fountain at Higashi Honganji Temple, originally uploaded by Chrstopher.
When you’re in Kyoto, you have to visit a temple or two. We went to Higashi Honganji and Sanjusangen-do. The former claims to have the largest wooden structure in the world, while the other claims to be the longest wooden hall in Japan. Not sure about [...]
We’re here! I sure am a Japan fan. From the train rides to the airport Japan just rules. Although the overnight flight was exhausting and I suffered from some serious Jetlag it was all worth the effort. The noodles and sushis are delicious, the english speakers are friendly and the bowing? It is not like [...]
Yesterday we had our first Japanese meal out. We had been wondering how we’d get on communicating. At the fast food restaurant we visited they had a clever solution. There was a huge vending machine with pictures of the food. You make your selection and get a voucher which you hand over at the counter. [...]
Its 03.20 local time and we’ve all woken up after 10 hours of being totally deeply asleep! Thought I would tell you about our Japanese style hotel room. It has tatami matting on the floor and you take your shoes off as you enter. The beds are roll up mattresses that you unroll at night [...]
We’ve made it to Japan, but we’re totally wiped out. We got up at 0430 to leave Oxford and finally arrived in Osaka at 0900 the next day. But our body clocks said 0100. The girls got some sleep by lying down with their legs up on ours. I dozed off until I got a [...]
In Rio de Janeiro we are going to see some of our Brazilian friends Jana , Amanda and Cesar. I am very excited because I have not seen them since my first Birthday and now I am 7 .
Yesterday we began to pack our bags for this amazing trip. It was very exciting due to the fact that you suddenly realize there is only six days left before we’re off around the world. On Thursday we are going to meet our house sitter Maria. She is a friend of a friend. She is [...]
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