THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
2019 – USA West Coast – Day 3
After our not all positive first impressions we were ready to give Portland the benefit of the doubt this morning.
2019 – USA West Coast – Day 2
Our first moving day. We were not in a rush, so in a leisurely manner we went down to breakfast.
2019 – West Coast USA – Day 1
I must have been tired because despite waking up a couple of times for the toilet I slept through till
2019 – USA West Coast Trip – Travel Day
The alarm went off at 4am. We both jumped out of bed and quietly went about getting ready trying not
2019 – August Pre Holiday Catch Up
The Return of the Blog. What really is blogging? Does it mean different things to different people? What does it
2019 – Japan – Home
I set the alarms on both Karen’s and my phone to make sure we were up at 4.15am as we
2019 – Japan – Day 14
What a difference 24 hours make. Today we woke up to blue skies and lovely warm sunshine. After another passable
2019 – Japan – Day 13
Todays forecast was for rain all day and we couldn’t decide if that would be a good thing or not
2019 – Japan – Day 12
Here we go again, another day where we needed to pack up and check out of our room early ready
2019 – Japan – Day 11
The weather was glorious as we all stepped out onto the street after a good night’s sleep in our new
2019 – Japan – Day 10
It was another early start today as our plan was to visit Mount Fuji & Lake Kawaguchiko. We also had
2019 – Japan – Day 9
Every holiday has it’s one day where not everything goes to plan. As I write this, I hope that today
2019 – Japan – Day 8
This morning after collecting Neil, we headed for what we called ‘The Fluffy Pancake shop’ for breakfast. I think the
2019 – Japan – Day 7
Today was Neil’s first full day in Japan and we knocked on his door just after 9am to get the
2019 – Japan – Day 6
Last year I celebrated my birthday 5 hours later than normal as I was in Florida. This year I celebrated
2019 – Japan – Day 5
Another sleepless night for me, this time of my own doing. I was really thirsty by the time we had
2019 – Japan – Day 4
Today we planned to be up early to get to Fuhimi Inari Taisha to beat the crowds, so typically with
2019 – Japan – Day 3
Not a good night. Despite being in bed around 10.30pm we were both still wide awake at 2pm and then
2019 – Japan – Day 2
Our first full day in Japan started late. I didn’t wake up until 8.30am and then woke up Karen at
2019 – Japan – Day 1
The time difference between the UK & Japan is 8 hours. Therefore despite our body clocks telling us it was
2019 – Japan – Flight Day
The first task today was to pick up Sunny, our friendly Car Parking chap from his house. We have used
2019 – Japan – Travel to Airport
It’s only been a short time since we arrived back from Dubrovnik and the time has flown by. This was
2019 – Dubrovnik – Last Day
Our last day was met with glorious weather yet again. We wandered lazily into breakfast and as we were in
2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 4
Another lazy day start to the day with breakfast on the sunny terrace had us taking advantage of the free
2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 3
Another day, another Kuna, another lovely breakfast on the terrace. Today we were in no particular hurry as the Games