Well, we're back from Japan now. Actually, it's been over a week since we've been back but both of us have been so busy working on pictures and catching up on our yard work that we have let the blog go without an update for a while. For our three or four dedicated readers, this must come as a huge letdown.
The last part of our trip to Japan went very well and in retrospect very quickly. Two weeks was the perfect length for the trip we have both decided. We got to see a lot and do a lot and by the time we got back to the Tokyo airport we were ready to get back to "normal life". When you're traveling like that, you don't have agendas and to-do lists like you might have while you're home and going to work every day. Traveling gives you freedom from the mundane. However, when you're moving around a lot on a trip you end up having issues with facts of life you might ordinarily take for granted. Things like having to find public bathrooms and having to learn a new public transportation system every three or four days. Finding decent and cheap restaurants and trying to get good sleep can also be a challenge. Don't get me wrong - we still love to travel! It's just that it can take something out of you.
