Hi all, Today was our last full day in the UK, and we fly to Ireland tomorrow. England has really been quite similar to home, just with more old stuff, more people, and more trains. On the trains heading North, the countryside reminded me a bit of the area around Delorane, which is what I think the early settlers were aiming for in Tasssie. It's really wet aound here at the moment though and there are flooded areas all over the place, and everything is brigh...

Ok, so I'd just almost finished writing this entry and the computer had a fit and lost it all, so I'm not in a very good mood now, almost threw it over the other side of the room, except Paul is sitting next to me and he would probably yell at me. Well we arrived in Manchester today, and believe it or not it's even colder than London, I'm not coping very well, luckily I brought a new coat the other day (I don't think I packed very well for th...

We arrived in London on Thursday evening. The flight went pretty quickly, I watched 4 movies but couldn't sleep. We're staying at Nicola's house in Clapham Junction, which is pretty close to the city, and right next to a train station so it's really easy to get around.We've been taking things pretty easy so far, after the busy couple of days in Tokyo, and the flight we've needed to recharge our batteries a bit. We've done a bit of sigh...

So it's my turn to write a journal entry, and since Paul's was so detailed and I can't compete, so I'm going to write some lists about our time in Tokyo!While in Tokyo we:Used a squat toiletAte raw fish (tuna, salmon, Ate eelUsed toilets with heated seatsAte liver and other 'essential organs' in a stewAte at a chinese restaurantSaw the emporer Just incase you care:My fave Japanese beer is SapporoPaul can't read maps anymore (he blames ...

So we're in Japan! We arrived in Tokyo at around 6PM local time, and headed for the train station to get to the city, and our hostel. Having never set foot outside Aus before, it was a bit of a culture shock to find myself in a place where English isn't the native tongue. I guess I'd better get used to it... Luckily for us everyone seems really friendly here, and we haven't had too much trouble getting around - even though the train map is more twisted than the l...