It seems to me that Japan is just the place to be right now, don’t you think? Go ahead, if you are so inclined, ask around & I bet you will find you know someone amongst your close friends or rellies who has just come back/has a trip booked/knows someone travelling there right now.
We do. Our travel buddies Wendy & Tony are there, doing a very different type of tour to us. Our Godson & his wife are there, very bravely travelling with their one year old son. And, because we are extremely hip & happenin' trendy travellers, next week we will be heading off to see the glorious autumn colours, some temples, mountains, big cities, very fast trains & a few million people doing the same thing, in what will be a first for us - a bus trip holiday.
Kinen Park Tokyo photo credit: ginomempin
So this will not be a make it up as you go along, seat of your pants trip this time my friends - nope, this is going to be highly organised know where you’re staying every single night / what you’re seeing every single day, total relaxation stuff! We're thinking cruise-adjacent, you know with wheels instead of water. What a different sort of adventure this will be & best of all we’re going with life-long (experienced & going to teach us how to do it bus travellers) friends who are, like us, celebrating 40 years of marriage.We’ve celebrated & commiserated & journeyed together with these friends, Sandy & Geoff, through teenage angst, courtship, engagements, marriages (our own & our kids), pregnancies & births (our own & our kids) for many happy & blessed-to-be-doing-it-all-together decades. We always celebrate the zero anniversary with a trip away and this year being the big 4-0 we’re splurging with an OS trip.
That’s what the ‘Ruby’ thing is all about. It's not just the colours of the countryside ...
Rubies ARE the 40 year anniversary gift. I’m thinking if I say it enough Sandy & I might just come home with not only great memories … right boys ;)
Allans abroad back up and running!
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