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On Tuesday we took the train to Nara (about an hour from Kyoto) to visit the famous bowing deer in Nara Park. You can read about that gorgeous experience in J's post. Next, we walked to Tōdai-ji, a Buddhist temple originally built in the mid-700s (note that'
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After visiting the Arashiyama Monkey Park on Monday, we crossed the river, had lunch in the touristy part of town and then walked through the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, a 400m-long grove of very tall bamboo. 0:00 /0:04 1× We walked back to the train station via the river,
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Here's where we're staying in Kyoto. The boys are sleeping on thin mattresses/futons on the tatami mat floor — very Japanese! That night, we walked to a nearby restaurant I'd found via Google reviews. Once again we had to make ourselves understood with barely
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On Thursday morning, our last full day in Tokyo, we went to the home of some friends of a friend of friends who had invited us. We didn't take any photos, but we had a nice visit with them! For lunch, we went to a teishoku (set meal)
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Haiku time again... Day 127 • 9 Jan • Los Angeles Games, pizza, ice cream: A change in birthday plans for The new nine-year-old. Day 128 • 10 Jan • Los Angeles to Tokyo There's a day missing Somewhere in here, and I don't Know where it got to. Day
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On Monday, our second full day in Tokyo, we had lunch at a soba (buckwheat noodle) restaurant near us. Somehow we managed to decipher the menu (thanks to Google Translate) and order some meals despite barely having a word in common with the elderly lady serving us (i.e. she
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On our first full day in Tokyo, we woke up thinking it was Saturday but subsequently realised it was Sunday. I'm sure part of our confusion was due to having crossed the International Date Line during our flight and thus having leapt forward in time, but the bigger
This is a collection of thoughts I've put together over the past few weeks to help us remember some of the insights, learnings, frustrations and joys of travelling with kids... enjoy! SAFETY We're pleased to say that, after losing the boys in Singapore on the very
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Another week's worth of haikus... Day 120 • 2 Jan • Las Vegas The fountains next door Leap and sway to music like Wet ballerinas. Day 121 • 3 Jan • Las Vegas Mac King amazes. How'd he eat his guinea pig? I think he's magic. Day 122
As news-aware blog readers will have realised, we have been in Los Angeles during the exact timeframe of the most destructive wildfires to ever hit this city. It's currently Friday morning (we arrived on Monday) and the two biggest fires are still raging, new ones keep popping up,
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Tuesday, our first full day in Los Angeles, was my birthday. And our longstanding plan was to spend both my birthday and J's (two days apart) at Universal Studios Hollywood, which we'd booked tickets for before we left Australia. So on Tuesday morning, which was incredibly
Thanks to Delle, Roxy and Jo W for these questions! 1. I know lots of planning went into your trip — has there been anything that has been surprising to you? The thing that has probably surprised us the most is how much activities cost. We knew we had some big-ticket