It's almost time!

Hard to believe that in 5 days I'll be in Tokyo (or at least on a plane to get there). I'm not quite ready for the trip, particularly packing-wise. I'll have to finish that up Monday, after I get back from the wedding I'm going to in New Jersey.

As of now I don't have much in the way of specific plans for Japan. I'll be doing a general tour of Tokyo the first full day. Cheesy, maybe, but it will be a good activity for what will surely be a very jet-lagged day. The 15 hours of flight time to get there will give me a little more time to think about what I want to do!

The trip plan includes 60 hours of flying time and 27+ hours of layover time. Yikes! I'll have my kindle and some knitting to help pass the time, so that will help a lot.

Besides all of the good food in Japan and China, what I'm most excited about is seeing friends in Shanghai, and family in Australia. For that part, I can't wait! :)

Resurrecting the travel blog!

I'm getting set up for my big sabbatical trip, and getting the blog ready. No sense in starting a new blog, I think, when this one served me so well on my trip to China last time. There's lots to do before I leave, but here's the general plan:

Nov 4-7 Tokyo, Japan
Nov 7-10 Kyoto, Japan
Nov 11-17 Shanghai, China
Nov 18-28 Brisbane, Australia (Nov 23-26 will be in Cairns)
Nov 28-Dec 7 Sydney, Australia (Dec 3-6ish will be in Canberra)
Dec 7-15 South Island, New Zealand (all over the place)

I leave early on Nov 3. 23 days left!