Travel Blog

Food and Cycling Started the day with breakfast – coffee, bread and jam, water, a banana, noodles, meat on a stick, an octopus omelette, something Korean, and an ice cream. Yep, a pretty odd mix. All enjoyed with a great view of Osaka Castle. Think Japanese castle rather than British. Then we were off on our cycling adventure. It was about an hour out of Osaka: three trains and 30 minutes of walking, rewarded by lovely, clean mountain air. We went for the cycling but came bac

Last day in Sapporo We spent the first half of the day exploring a viewpoint, and the second half travelling. Quite different, but connected by snow. Sapporo has many forms of public transport. We learnt our lesson today when we confused the underground metro with the overground tram. It took a while, but we corrected our error and were still first in line for the cable car experience. Visibility was great on the way there, and even as we ascended in the cable car, providing