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15th August 2026
I wanted to sleep in today as we went to bed at 4:30am last night, but Antoine insisted on getting up at 9:30am to try our first Kyrgyzstani breakfast. Running on barely 5 hours of sleep, we went down to eat. The hotel breakfast was not traditional and underwhelming to be honest, so we just […]
7th April 2026
Today we woke up at 4:30 and got ready, grabbed our luggage and went downstairs to meet our taxi so that we could go to the airport. After a 30 minute drive we made it to the airport, where we were only 2 hours early, and the aiport was already quite packed. Thnkfully we managed […]
5th April 2026
We got up at 7am today to check out and catch the Shinkansen train. We grabbed our essential bento boxes and arrived at the platform, with a full 45 minutes still to spare. I was tired and blamed Antoine for rushing us and not letting me sleep more this morning. He quickly went to get […]
4th April 2026
There was one essential Japanese activity we hadn’t done yet on this trip, the onsen experience. Since traditional public onsens don’t allow mixed genders, we booked a private bath in Osaka. We went for the earliest slot at 9am, since we’re usually up around 7 anyway. We arrived just before opening and joined a queue […]
3rd April 2026
Today we had a lunch booked in Kobe to try the famous Kobe beef. We decided to have a chill morning until then, since we needed to rest more. After a bit of sleep and doing nothing for once, we left around 10:30am to drive to the restaurant. It was a small place run by […]
2nd April 2026
Today we woke up feeling much more refreshed than the day before, thanks to finally sleeping on a real bed. We picked up our box car from the hotel’s stacked garage system, which felt like a mini attraction on its own. The car would roll onto a platform, rotate automatically, and then go into the […]
1st April 2026
We woke up feeling quite tired, mostly because the futons were not very comfortable. But we couldn’t miss the traditional Japanese breakfast, which was included with our stay. When we checked in, the staff had given us yukatas, which are usually worn to the public bath, but everyone seemed to be wearing them around the […]
31st March 2026
Today was our last day in Tokyo. To end it on a high note, we went go karting. Thanks to Antoine rushing us, we managed to leave our luggage at the station storage, grab my very necessary morning coffee, scout out bento boxes for later, and still make it to the go karting place on […]
30th March 2026
The Disney day had finally arrived. We got up early and aimed to be there by 8am, a full hour before opening, feeling quite confident with our planning. On the way there, the metro was so packed that staff were physically pushing people in to fit more. We thought we had just hit rush hour. […]
29th March 2026
Today we rented a car to drive to Mount Fuji. We booked the car near Shibuya so we could spend the evening there after returning it, very efficient planning on our part. We arrived and immediately found the famous Shibuya Crossing. It was still morning, so relatively less chaotic, but still full of tourists taking […]