downtown Lewisham a.m. 15 Sept. - before I turn into a blogging pixie (note: Marrickville appears on list of possible locations for the blogger - like Bondi, Coogee etc - but not Lewisham or Dullo) this could be addictive - but of course I must stop sometime. Got the 4.26pm Limited Express Kesei line to Narita as planned - only 1000Y and about 70mins (rather than almost 3000Y for "fast" options that only save 10 mins - and best of all it goes from my new home in Tokyo, Nippori (after Ueno). So checked in early at NRT (a new thing [View Full Entry]

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later that very same day.... now this will have to be the final - and it will it will be relatively brief - I may like the sound of my own E voice but I need some sleep like serious as courtesie de Finnair and time zones not too much last "night". So what got "done" this afternoon? well I finally hauled myself off the tatami and wandered down the road - decided I needed some kinda grab it and go lunch so the local Lawsons convenience store - like 7-11 which are also big here - they even have a [View Full Entry]

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12.45pm Sunday 13 Sept. - the Annex Katsutaro Ryokan - Yanaka not a place you will find on the average tourist map I am sure. the disadvantage of tatami rooms is of course as it is all mat there are no chairs! - so am sitting leaning against the wall. I found this one cos it was listed along with half a dozen others in Tokyo in a Japanese Inn Group book I found at the airport this morning on arrival from Berlin-Helsinki- there were also some flyers for a couple of the others and they were all around 6000yen or [View Full Entry]

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Helsinki - Vantaa airport 4pm Sat. 12 Sept. the man must be desperate to use a wee fee conn. wherever he can! - there is naturally a wee fee conn. at Vantaa - or a couple of them to choose from. So a quick wee update. I obviously got to Tegel OK - a bit late last night after doing me laundry first. I just had to check whether I had done the Vini e Libri culinary update - which I obviously did last night so no need to overdo it (like he has been the whole trip some people might [View Full Entry]

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Berlin - the laundromat 8.30pm Friday 11 Sept. given the state of Tokyo connectedness (well, maybe with wee fee it eez now possible) this might be my last msg. I said earlier <<<Now Berlin - where will I end up?? >> - well the answer is not at all organised (quelle surprise) - which is why having done nothing other than spending 2 hrs in the Pergamon Museum late yesterday (open til 10pm on Thurs. as are most of the museums on Museum Island) I decided I had better go on one of the walking tours of Berlin to at least [View Full Entry]

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in Berlin - but wasting time - almost 4pm (instead of being in museums - or getting lost on ze S undt U-bahn) uploading some snappies - for Warsawa (you can see I was somewhat taken with the war memorial bronze statues) I am starting to get confused as to what country/city I am in already, mostly when I am telling people about places a week ago - where was that again??! I will likely go on a 6 hour guided walking tour tomorrow for the essential Berlin - it is only 10 Euro so sounds a bargain relatively. With my [View Full Entry]

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train Warsawa to Berlin - Wed. 9 Sept.09 (or as I realise on having train tickets checked - 09-09-09) sitting on a Polish train which is rolling across Poland at a generally good Intercity pace towards Berlin (I could save up my joke about rolling across Poland like der Nazi blitzkreig but that would be tastless, ja?)- this was the fastest to Berlin - but still takes 6hrs - it is about 600km after all - and of course Berlin is really only about 50km from the Polish border. It also has the advantage of arriving into Berlin at about 5.30pm [View Full Entry]

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Poland - train to Warsawa - MONDAY 7 Sept.09 sitting on a Polish train which is roaring along at a decent clip as we move towards Warsawa where I will spend 2 nights in the rapidly collapsing remaining days. Its going on 7pm - and as we have moved into Poland the clocks have gone back an hour - which explains the rather long journey - we left Vilnius at high noon - will take 9 ½ hours and end at 8.30pm. Which of course means it will be dark when we arrive - and I (may) have that problem of [View Full Entry]

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Vilnius - the slow finale yes well it was a very slow start - as well as being an Accidental Tourist I have also become a less than fired up get outta the door one. Have to set an alarm almost to get up for breakfast at 10 - then take more than 3 hours to get out the door. Mind you (he says as an excuse) the weather here has been rather spotty. Its about midnight (I work hard at this y'know) and there have just been some spots of rain - which is better than last night when the [View Full Entry]

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yes - more photos - this is for Bob (see comments page). Here's one of my room key - its on a quite cute fluffy thing that may or may not have been formerly attached to a small animal [View Full Entry]

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