Weather: overcast, humid, and afternoon rain: low 18°C, high 25°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan Eskil almost woke up at 5:20 am, but luckily Scott swapped pillows with him and he went back to sleep until 7:30! Hooray! We dressed then had…
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Japan 2015 Day 03: Ueno and the Zoo
Weather: mostly sunny: low 21°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan Eskil woke at 5 am. Ugh. We thought it was 6 am at first, but no – 5. As I couldn’t sleep anyway I took him downstairs to the common…
Japan 2015 Day 02: Arrival in Tokyo
Weather: mostly sunny: low 21°C, high 27°C (with humidity it felt like 72° C) Accommodation: Kimi Ryokan I hardly slept on the flight at all, as usual. During the flight the airline staff gave out disembarkation and quarantine cards. She…
Japan 2015 Day 01: Leaving Home
Hobart weather: mostly sunny: low 8°, high 23° Eskil woke before 6 am, of course. I got up with him and made LOTS of pikelets: some for our brekkie and some to take with us on the trip. Scott woke,…
Euro14 Day 45: the journey home
Temperature: Paris Max 27°C; Dubai Max 42°C; Hobart Max 15°C. Weather: Summer to winter. And so we made our way from the northern hemisphere summer to the southern hemisphere winter; from the lands of travel and exploration to the comforts…
Euro14 Day 44: Jardins du Luxembourg and heading home
Temperature: Min 14°C; Max 28°C (but at least 48°C on the train the airport). Weather: Sunny and hot. We had our last breakfast in the flat, then cleaned it ready to hand the keys back over. It was small but…
Euro14 Day 43: Versailles
Temperature: Min 14°C; Max 27°C. Weather: Sunny and hot. Today we headed out of Paris to the Château de Versailles. Eskil enjoyed getting there as it involved tummel trains and a big train. We thought we were rather clever as…
Euro14 Day 42: Champs-Élysées, Opéra Garnier, Trocadéro and Les Halles
Temperature: Min 15°C; Max 22°C. Weather: Overcast with occasional showers. We started the morning with Eskil having a play in the Jardin Anne-Frank while I found a local geocache. Then we took the Métro to the Champs-Élysées. I haven’t posted…
Euro14 Day 41: walks through the 4th, 5th, and 6th arrondisments
Temperature: Min 17°C; Max 25°C. Weather: Sunny and hot. Most mornings in Paris Scott would go out for coffee and pastries, and he decided today he’d like to go out for breakfast in a cafe. He still got us early…
Euro14 Day 40: the day of FOUR Parisian playgrounds (plus 2 museums)
Temperature: Min 16°C; Max 30°C. Weather: Sunny and hot. As today was the final stage of the Tour de France, which held us up so much in the Yorkshire Dales, we wanted to avoid crowds and closures. So we decided…