Europe 2018 Party Today was party time. And the weather appeared to agree. The metorology department yesterday said that it was going to be sunny with absolutely no chance of rain for the next three days.
Europe 2018 Windmills around the corner Today was another travel day. We booked a train in the afternoon so that we would be able to do something in the morning, but by the time that we got to the
Europe 2018 Experiencing East Germany We went to the German Democratic Republic's Museum yesterday, but somehow we failed to get the full experience. Even the Trabbi they had had been rebuilt into a simulator that looked like it
Europe 2018 Berlin My feet do not appear to have forgiven me for Delft, and while I was able to walk further than yesterday, I now also have two blisters joining my feet. sigh We went
Europe 2018 Slow and Steady Railway Progress The last train we took was obviously too complicated to work properly. It was an Express train, it needed to get split halfway, things were bound to break. So this time we took
Europe 2018 Delft So … I'm kind of tired. And just want to go to bed. How did I end up this badly? I got left alone in Delft today. Everybody else was busy doing other important
Europe 2018 Record Highs I know that we are coming from winter, but the Netherlands appears to be compensate. They appear to be having the hottest summer in recorded history (according to the complaining locals), and since
Europe 2018 Fancy Planes Well, it is time to go travelling again. And we probably have one of the longest journey's of non-stop travelling ahead of us to date. If you don't count the three nano-seconds of
Japan 2018 Leaving in blue skies … again The morning happened a little bit quicker this morning than anticipated after we read what the checkout time of our hotel was. We originally planned so that we can nicely stroll out of
Japan 2018 Cafés My last full day in Japan for this trip, and I have spent it very wisely. By spending most of it blankely staring out at the sea side. I'm sure people will be
Japan 2018 Tourist Town In further acts of jealousy in what I saw in my previous trip through Japan without my current travel companion, we went to have a look at the train museum in Kyoto. No
Japan 2018 City Skylines The last picture of the last two blog entries have both been off of the view from our accomodation. With a nicely large window, and a window sill to sit on, I made
Japan 2018 天の川 (Milky Way) After my travel companion got all jealous of the Nagoya science museum that I visited on my last trip, they decided that this is a must for this trip too. Which was great
Japan 2018 Rainbows in the park And today is another beautiful sunny day … someone appears to be trying to tease me by putting pouring rain on the day I want sun and putting beautiful warm sunshine on either side.
Japan 2018 Jumping Fish Well, after checking three different forecast sources, they all concluded that it was going to rain in the afternoon. Our existing outdoor plans therefore got cancelled, and we went for something which involved
Japan 2018 Showrooms In the past, it happened maybe once per trip that I would get myself caught on a busy train and be pushed around in the flow of people trying to get on or
Japan 2018 The constant roar of the engines Luckily, we seem to have been slightly against the flow in the morning. So while we were in a busy train, we also had a showcase view of the people pressed against the
Japan 2018 Into the warmth So, the day didn't exactly start warm. In fact, rather the opposite, given the amount of rain. At least, this gave me a great opportunity to use my brand new, shiny umbrella. I'm
Japan 2018 Welcome back Tokyo So, as predicted, sleep … kind of didn't happen. I mean, there were points where I had my eyes closed, and there were even points where I fell asleep. But considering that the unit
Japan 2018 Too long It's been too long since Washinoko has been allowed to see international action, but he's bright eyed and bushy tailed, eagerly awaiting the boarding call. As opposed to me who realises that I'm
Small Adventures Fireworks After all the mystery, it was decided the forecast was good enough after all. So we all came, looking like snowmen, ready for Antartica to do its worst. Okay, so maybe we weren't
Small Adventures Nocturnal Creatures during the Day Yes, we managed to get going slightly faster than 13:00 today. As much as relaxation is a beautiful thing, relaxing outside can be nice too. Especially when you're by the ocean. There's
Small Adventures Garden of Eden Oh holidays, it has been too long my friend. And step one of the holidays appears to have been refusing to get out of bed before noon meaning that we also left correspondingly
Cairns 2017 Leaving in Best Weather We've had three days of glorious sunlight on this trip. And unfortunately, the day that we have to leave, is one of them. I'm still trying to soak as much warmth as I'm
Cairns 2017 Port Douglas We managed to get our second day of bright sunlight today (way overdue). So, in order to properly enjoy the water, we went up to some friends in Port Douglas, currently enjoying their