Sofies on tour: Kyoto

It was our first full day in Kyoto, and boy did we smash it. I hadn’t anticipated to do so much walking, but by the end of the day we had covered over 22km, and 31,000 steps. We were tired, exhausted, and our legs felt like they were going to drop off. But we got … Read more

Sofies on tour: Tokyo to Kyoto

Today was the first “real” day of our holiday so to speak, meaning that it was time for us to explore! We started things off by having our last “western” breakfast at the restaurant downstairs and jumping on the hotel bus to Tokyo station. We had forgotten to exchange our rail pass the day before, … Read more

Sofies on tour: Australia to Japan

Well, we’ve made it! Today was all about the travel, and the process of getting here. Mario doesn’t fly too well so we booked into a hotel near the airport so that he could get to bed pretty early without fuss. Tomorrow we will be travelling by bullet train to Kyoto, so there will be … Read more

Adios Australia – we are off to Japan!

After what can only be described as the most whirlwind week of my life, we are off on our honeymoon! The wedding is done and dusted, and it’s now time to kick back and relax with each other to celebrate the start of our wedded life together. I plan to write about the wedding while … Read more

Banishing my botherations (pre-wedding anxiety and stress)

I’ve been reading a book over the past few weeks, which is all about breaking out of my robotic way of dealing with life, and learning the embrace and appreciate the moment I’m in. For the past 12 months my life has been a continuous replay of wake, exercise, work, eat, sleep, rinse and repeat. It … Read more