Travelogue, Post-Card Home, & Curio

The goal of this blog is to serve as a scrapbook of sights, thoughts and experiences that arise on the Barlow's travels. This is the 3rd in the series of "Spike & Maria's Excellent Travels" - the 1st being a record of their move from Canberra to Brisbane in 1991, and the 2nd being a record of their life in Japan between 1994 and 1996.

Our Itinerary

  • Till 8 March: Preparing (Australia)
  • 8 March - 2 April: Japan (Tokyo)
  • 3 April - 25 April: Greece (Santorini, Athens)
  • 25 April - 1 May: France (Paris)
  • 1 May - 3 June: USA (West Coast)
  • June 5 Onwards: Recovery!

7/3 - Last Day Rush

Well its saturday morning, just past 7am on our second full day in Japan. I got up 30 minutes ago to put the heaters on, and now I think I should write about the last few days.

Our last day in oz, we sent the kids off go school and I wrote a to-do list for the day...a full sheet of paper with fairly small handwriting (BTW - just switched from the virtual keyboard to the physical one - while the virtual keyboard is a "cool party trick" the speed I need to type at to minimise errors is slower than this 2 thumb typing). Without entering into the details, suffice it to say that it was a very long day - we got to bed at 11:30 - in which we did things such as exchange our biggest bag, pick up our Disney tickets, set Maria's phone for global roaming, write dozens of emails, tidy the house, and generally be excited, stressed, and tired - all at the same time. Anyway, with a couple of exceptions like mowing the lawn, it all got done. Phew.

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