Month: December 2007
Audrey’s First Christmas
At Christmas (2007), our little granddaughter, Audrey, was just on 6 months old. She really enjoyed her first Christmas. She spent some time wondering what Santa would bring for her, and eventually had a lot fun with crinkly wrapping paper (almost better than the present itself)! She enjoyed her first swim – even when […]
Read MoreMore Day Touring in Tokyo
On our next day in Tokyo, we decided to hit the high spots and go to the Ginza. This is the most prestigious shopping area of all with some of the highest property prices in the world. As usual, we caught the subway to the station marked as the beginning of our walking tour and […]
Read MoreJapanese Innovation
We all know about Japanese innovation, but some of the simplest of things stand out as being a great aid to the weary traveller. They are not the high technology ones such as the computer controlled monorail where trains travel over a 15 kilometre route and only 5 minutes apart – all without a driver […]
Read MoreA Quick Trip to Tokyo
We are in Tokyo after having found a discount airfare and the ability to buy one of our two tickets on frequent flier points. It’s autumn and the weather is fine and cool and there are gold and yellow autumn colours everywhere. We are staying at Shinjuku which makes it easy to get around as […]
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