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We arrived early afternoon yesterday and managed to get to the hotel relatively easily on the express train from the airport. The hotel let us check in early which was fantastic as we both fell asleep almost as soon as we had dropped our stuff in the room. The jet lag had caught up with us and we slept through until late in the afternoon. The room is nice and the hotel is pretty close to shopping, restaurants and transport which is great.

That makes today our first proper day. We had the included buffet breakfast in the hotel which was great before heading out. We had decided to visit one of the most popular attractions in Tokyo; the Shinjuku Gyoen national park. It was only a short walk from the hotel and we spent a few hours looking around. It split into a French formal garden an English landscape garden and a traditional Japanese garden. One of the more popular sights are the Japanese cherry trees which blossom during spring but it was nevertheless a great place to spend the day and a bargain costing about £3 for the both of us.

After the park we headed for a view at the Tokyo Government Building which allow you to go up to their observation towers, free of charge. The view was spectacular and you could see the vast sprawling landscape. On a clear day you can apparently see mount Fuji although it was a just a little too hazy to see that far today. It's cooled down a bit now but stayed pretty toasty so far at around 30 degrees, although I think it's about that at home at the moment too!

I've uploaded a few photos to the Tokyo album linked below. Let us know what you think.

It's that time of year again - the one where all teachers get to breath a little easier and feel a bit more normal, that's right folks, the summer is almost here! We break up really early this year to enjoy one of the longest holidays I've had in my teaching career - nearly 7 weeks. The weather seems to have picked up and it actually feels like summer, well certainly as summery as Britain ever gets, let's hope it lasts into the break!

With just over a week to go until we depart on our Big Japanese adventure, I've spent some time checking the site, making sure everything is in tip top condition for updating whilst we're on our travels. I think everything works, but if you do spot any problems just add a comment below and I'll try and sort it out.

Keep your eye's peeled for the updates, they'll be some new albums appearing which I'll try and link into the blogs and I'll share a few bits on facebook, although I'm thinking I may start to reduce the number of photo's and things I actually share directly on the facebook platform. I hope you all, teachers and non-teachers alike, have a great summer whatever you might be up to! Enjoy!