In March our first visitor from home arrived – Lisa. She is a good friend of ours from my husband’s university days. We decided to use her visit as a perfect opportunity to visit Kyoto, the traditional capital of Japan, with a side trip to Koyasan- and what a great idea it was!!! By the…
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Hi! We are Sam and Rob and we are the travelling Holts. Teacher and Coach during term time and wannabe travellers during the holidays. Read about our travel stories as we attempt to become more adventurous and more cultured. We hope you enjoy :)
Being in Japan – First impressions!
When I first started writing this blog, I envisioned a sort of travel blog where I would post where I wanted to travel and then record all of my adventures during my time here in Japan. However now I have been here 4 months that has completely changed. I have realised that I am not…
Count down until we go… 4 months!!
4 months!! 4 months until we go to Japan and there is still so much to do!! My notice has been handed in and we are in our 8th week of Japanese lessons. However, apart from all the issues natural to moving to the other side of the world, it has yet to impinge on…
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