none shall sleep

Exciting times at home this week! Yesterday a new coffee shop opened down the road (within walking distance), and from all reports so far so good. We paid the cleverly named Nessun Dorma (English: none shall sleep) a visit on opening morning, and were both impressed! And as an added bonus …

blink-182

It was finally here…. after 8 years Blink-182 had returned to Brisbane as part of the Soundwave Festival line-up, but were also offering their own show as a sideline act! Initially they weren’t playing a stand alone gig – they were only part of Soundwave. I considered buying tickets as …

holiday photos

We’ve culled the thousands of photos from our trip, and uploaded a selection of them here. Be warned, there are still a …

sa·yo·na·ra tokyo

After a great night’s sleep we packed up our bags for the last time We had a fairly normal breakfast at the …

cancelled once again!

It was our last day in Hakone, and what better way to start the day than another full-on Japanese meal! Once again …

off to hakone

It was so nice to be sleeping in a softish bed again! To celebrate the fact, we slept in, then had breakfast …

skytree night

back to tokyo

It was a slightly earlier start than normal today as we had to check out and return to Tokyo. Like every other …

our last day of skiing

After breakfast with Scott, Lisa & the boys we headed out for our final day on the mountain. Lucky for us it …