Where were we? We began the week in Carcassonne, then headed west to the Atlantic coast and the Bay of Arcachon. Where should we have been? Tokyo. Actual Tokyo. Still feel a bit (a lot actually) cheated. And Kyoto, where we should have stayed with Ben’s friend Waka and where… Continue reading
Where were we? Here. For the last time. And also here. Where should we have been? In that parallel Covid-free universe, this is the week that Tweed got to Tokyo. We had a great few days in Shanghai before leaving China on Wednesday on the ferry (slow boat from China?)… Continue reading
Where were we? Still here. For our last full week. Where should we have been? Still in China. We would have been wending our way North and East towards Shanghai. Our boat from Shanghai to Osaka was planned for next Wednesday. What did we actually do? Ben’s birthday It was… Continue reading
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Where were we? Back in the safety and familiarity of St Pierre de Chartreuse. Where should we have been This should have been the end of our third week in China. By now we would have visited Xian, Chengdu (where we would have seen pandas) and Lijiang. We would probably… Continue reading
Where were we? There and back again: we started the week in Avignon and ended it back in the safety and familiarity of the Chartreuse. It wasn’t an epic trip across China, but we did see things that were even older than the terracotta warriors. Where should we have been?… Continue reading
At home I have a beautiful, Aspinal of London, leather-bound notebook with my initials on it in gold. I was given it for Christmas years ago. I had asked for a new set of mixing bowls, but that’s beside the point. Anyway this book, which is way more beautiful than… Continue reading
Where were we? Places! We went to places! Read on… Where should we have been? Early last Sunday we packed up again and headed for the main station in Ulaanbaatar for our last booked train. From here on in (weird mental leap here) we didn’t (in March) have much actually… Continue reading
Where were we? Toujours ici. Where should we have been? We arrived in Ulaanbaatar late on Saturday and settled into our AirBnB flat just behind the city’s Sukhbaatar Square. The next morning, Magnus’ 9th birthday, we were up and out bright and early to meet our guide who took us… Continue reading
Where were we? Same as always. Or feels like it. Where should we have been Last Friday we got back on the train in Almaty for our longest journey yet, 73 hours not including a four hour change. We arrived in Novosibirsk on Sunday morning and had a few rather… Continue reading
