Japan
On Wednesday we headed down towards Yokohama for the day (about an hour on the train – most of our excursions around Tokyo have been 20 to 60 minutes on various trains). Our first stop was the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum. An awesomely niche museum all about the history and variety of
Japan
On Tuesday we used up the remainder of our Klook cash (and some real cash) to do a sushi making class. As far as we could make out, the class is run in a little out-of-the-way sushi restaurant on the fourth floor of an unassuming high rise. We were joined
USA
One of the activities available at Universal Studios is a tour of the actual studio areas. As the wait time got down to under 5 minutes at one point on Tuesday, we headed over to do the 1 hour tour before lunch. For the tour you ride in articulated electric
USA
On Monday we headed out of Las Vegas on our way to Los Angeles. This included a long drive through the Mojave National Preserve. We stopped for lunch at the famous (apparently) Peggy Sue's 50s Diner. After lunch we headed over to the other side of the highway
USA
An interview with F, J and B... Who is Mac King and why did you go to see him? F: Mac King is a comedy magic show, and we went to see him because that's the kinda thing you do in Las Vegas, you go to see magic
USA
After a big sleep in on Thursday morning, we had our first excursion out into Las Vegas proper (for the boys anyway – this is the fifth visit for A and me). As we're staying right next door, our first visit was over to the Bellagio to watch the
Canada
The boys have been desperate to go skiing again on this trip (after they had a day of skiing in New Zealand in September 2023). They were very disappointed that it was too early in the season to ski while we were in Europe, so they were very keen to
Flights
AKA: How we got from France to Canada via a week in Barbados The Wednesday we left Paris was one of our longer travel days. We were originally booked to fly Paris to Miami and straight on to Barbados, but that flight was cancelled so we had to rebook Paris
Finland
You know who you are! Enjoy! 😁
France
For our first expedition on our busy Tuesday in Paris, we headed to the Paris Catacombs. More properly an ossuary (bone yard), A and I had tried to get here on two previous visits (note for fellow travellers: the catacombs are NOT open on Mondays — ever!). Open to the public
Luxembourg
On Tuesday, we headed into Luxembourg for the day (we were staying just across the border in Manom, France as it was much cheaper). We had picked up our new hire car after leaving Germany and crossing into France the day before. At the recommendation of our friend Francisco, we
Germany
On Monday, we headed into Dresden to visit the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr. We knew we'd never get through it in a day (seems to be a bit of a consistent theme with museums lately), and this was vindicated. We did get (mostly) through the two