THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD

2019 – Japan – Day 14
What a difference 24 hours make. Today we woke up to blue skies and lovely warm sunshine. After another passable

2019 – Japan – Day 13
Todays forecast was for rain all day and we couldn’t decide if that would be a good thing or not

2019 – Japan – Day 12
Here we go again, another day where we needed to pack up and check out of our room early ready

2019 – Japan – Day 11
The weather was glorious as we all stepped out onto the street after a good night’s sleep in our new

2019 – Japan – Day 10
It was another early start today as our plan was to visit Mount Fuji & Lake Kawaguchiko. We also had

2019 – Japan – Day 9
Every holiday has it’s one day where not everything goes to plan. As I write this, I hope that today

2019 – Japan – Day 8
This morning after collecting Neil, we headed for what we called ‘The Fluffy Pancake shop’ for breakfast. I think the

2019 – Japan – Day 7
Today was Neil’s first full day in Japan and we knocked on his door just after 9am to get the

2019 – Japan – Day 6
Last year I celebrated my birthday 5 hours later than normal as I was in Florida. This year I celebrated

2019 – Japan – Day 5
Another sleepless night for me, this time of my own doing. I was really thirsty by the time we had

2019 – Japan – Day 4
Today we planned to be up early to get to Fuhimi Inari Taisha to beat the crowds, so typically with

2019 – Japan – Day 3
Not a good night. Despite being in bed around 10.30pm we were both still wide awake at 2pm and then

2019 – Japan – Day 2
Our first full day in Japan started late. I didn’t wake up until 8.30am and then woke up Karen at

2019 – Japan – Day 1
The time difference between the UK & Japan is 8 hours. Therefore despite our body clocks telling us it was
2019 – Japan – Flight Day
The first task today was to pick up Sunny, our friendly Car Parking chap from his house. We have used

2019 – Japan – Travel to Airport
It’s only been a short time since we arrived back from Dubrovnik and the time has flown by. This was
2019 – Dubrovnik – Last Day
Our last day was met with glorious weather yet again. We wandered lazily into breakfast and as we were in

2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 4
Another lazy day start to the day with breakfast on the sunny terrace had us taking advantage of the free

2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 3
Another day, another Kuna, another lovely breakfast on the terrace. Today we were in no particular hurry as the Games

2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 2
Our first full day in Dubrovnik greeted us with a beautiful sunny start. We made our way to breakfast which
2019 – Dubrovnik – Travel Day
After the hold-ups getting to Liverpool we decided to set off early for our drive to Stansted. Albeit if the

2019 – Liverpool – Day 1 & 2
They say a week is a long time in politics, but a month at home during March seemed even longer
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 9 – Home
The alarm went off at7am so that we could have breakfast and get ourselves sorted for our planned 9am check

2019 – Lanzarote – Day 8
Our last full day had arrived and we were keen to make the most of it. We planned to walk

2019 – Lanzarote – Day 7 – Playa Blanca
This was starting to get boring as we woke up to glorious weather yet again. The plan today was to