We managed to wake up nice and early and were out of the hotel shortly after 7am. We had some trouble finding the Metro station, since it was our first time off the Japan Rail system, but soon we were sharing a carriage with yawning and drowsy looking locals.
Tsukiji fish market was buzzing though. We […]
Today’s plan was to wake up early, taking advantage of jet lag, to visit Tsukiji fish market. Jet lag is a difficult beast to control, and when the alarm went off, we hit the snooze button.
By the time we were ready to leave the hotel, we decided it was too late for the fish market.
Trying […]
We didn’t get that much sleep, because of time differences, but at least we fooled our bodies into thinking we’d had some sort of night — which we had, as we passed over Finland and Northern Russia.
When we awoke, there was only two hours of the flight to go.
The approach was turbulent, with many shrieks […]
I won’t tell you too much about our flying day, because let’s face it,it’s not very interesting.
We drove to Heathrow, parked at the frighteningly efficient Purple Parking car park, were shuttled to the terminal, dropped our bags with reasonably little hassle, and passed through security.
Work has sent me on a lot of flights this year, […]
I am at work.
I am waiting for my manager to call me, and once I’ve spoken to him, I’m free — free! — for two weeks.
Debbie and I are going to Japan. We are packed, I think. We’re going to watch Leamington play away to Atherstone this evening, then we have one night’s sleep, and […]