Preparation

Less than two weeks now before we hop on the plane again and head for Japan.

See the pic of our travel agent below - it used to a a movie theatre.

We popped in today to pay for our JR Rail Passes. Two weeks for two people cost just over AU$1100 . Supposedly that's considerably cheaper than paying for individual tickets (on the bullet train at least).

All the planning is starting to come together. Our first accommodation is booked - the Palace Side Hotel in Kyoto - this place is a serious bargain compared to the other options I've seen so far and gets a very good ranking on Tripadvisor to boot. We got a twin room with kitchenette for 8925JPY per night! Saves on food too this way

Ok folks,

So tomorrow we are heading off to Paris (pronounced paar-eee) and of course all documents etc. are sorted. If you want to read updates of our trip, I will be keeping an up to date diary right here. Hopefully I can login every few days to post an entry.

Au revoir,
Peter