We said farewell to Tokyo from the Hamarikyu Gardens. A serene garden in the middle of a bustling city. Back on the bus to make our way...

Civilised hours this morning. We gathered at 10:20 am to go on the train to a very entertaining Sumo Wrestling display by two retired...

Tuesday Our group met after breakfast and we met our guide Kuyoko. There are 20 in the group. Off on a bus to go to the old fish market,...

Monday Went to the amazing Team Lab Planet for an assault on the senses. Walked on a variety of surfaces and through water, amazing...

No wonder my feet were tired! Sunday afternoon we saw the Ghibli Animation Museum. The building was sort of Gaudi meets steampunk with...

Went to a nearby area in Shinagawa this morning reputed to have some old houses that have been made into shops. Not exactly how we...

Tokyo is quite confusing at first. Not a lot of English at the hotel to help with navigation so after a rest set out to look around and...

We survived Cattle class and got several short bursts of sleep. We were in the first row so had a surprising amount of legroom. At the...

We’re at the airport. Next stop Tokyo

Steph kindly took us for a look around some of her favourite countryside, including Spelga Dam. After stretching our legs we went a bit...

Kieran returned from the regatta early in the morning. His squad did well with several personal bests. Later in the morning the three of...

But we did a bit of travelling around the countryside in the west of Ireland over the weekend. Alison wanted to go to Westport and we...

Kieran and his squad went off to Nottingham so we amused ourselves happily around Ballynahinch for a couple of days. Had a rest day on...

Wednesday - Ballynahinch An uneventful drive to Belfast from Dublin. It was wonderful to see Kieran in the flesh again. He’s got a...

We picked up the car early afternoon and decided to drive along the coast to Howth, where we shared our fish and chips with the local...

Monday A leisurely morning rearranging our bags for our flight to Dublin in the evening. Then we had our last lunch with Sue and Malcolm...

Another day in Provence and today we finally had a(n in)convenient place to stop for a photo of a lavender field (it smelled lovely) Then...

Saturday 22 June Our ever obliging chauffeur and tour guides kindly drove us to several places in Provence We saw field upon field of...

Friday The reason for Alison wanting to come to the Cammargue was to see flamingos so off we went, and see them we did! Plus a few...