And so our short trip to Canberra was over. We’ll certainly have to return for a longer trip! There are lots of places we didn’t have a chance to check out, we’ll have to see the arboretum grows, and Eskil…
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Canberra: an EPIC market, National Museum of Australia, and a bang of a farewell
We woke up at normal Eskil time met up at our friends’ house. We all headed to the EPIC (Exhibition Park in Canberra) farmers market. As we parked Eskil saw something that might interest him another trip. We had coffee…
Canberra: Museum and Parliamentary Quarter
It was absolutely bucketing down with rain the next morning. It was raining so hard that Eskil and I drove the short distance to a cafe to get breakfast and coffee to bring back to our hotel room to share…
Canberra: IKEA and the arboretum
After breakfast in a cafe near our hotel, we headed to IKEA. Because we’re Tasmanians. And because IKEA. We arrived before they were open. When they did open we did something we’d never done before: we let Eskil stay in…
Canberra: and we’re off!
Last year I had a great idea for a 10th wedding anniversary gift for Scott: I would surprise him with a trip! I arranged some time off with the people he works with and booked flights to Canberra. They were…
A Quick Tasman Peninsula Trip
There’s been a whole lot of silence here, first while I was planning our trip to Japan, then during the trip, and now while I’m sorting through photos and transcribing our journal entries from the trip. So here’s a very…
Japan 2015 Day 36 and 37: arigatō -avocado if you’re Eskil- and farewell
Weather: beautiful 14°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. Our last day. We woke up to doing our last showers, packing, and tidying our accommodation. After our (planned) shopping spree in Kyoto we needed to pack all 3 of our bags…
Japan 2015 Day 35: a zen rock garden – and shopping
Weather: beautiful 14°C, high 28°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. We started the day at our local french cafe. Eskil discovered the joys of pain au chocolate! We took our dear bus 12 to the far end then walked the rest of…
Japan 2015 Day 35: cable car to Mt Hiei and bus to Ginkaku-ji
Weather: beautiful 14°C, high 28°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. We had to pack our things up as while we were out today our bags would be moved from the Sakura to the Bamboo Suite in our accommodation. After accomplishing this we…
Japan 2015 Day 34: exploring Higashiyama
Weather: beautiful 14°C, high 26°C Accommodation: Sakara Kyoto. After making breakfast at home, we took the bus a short distance to so that we were closer to Kiyomizu-dera. Saving our feet was important as we were going to be walking…