Mum turned big ol 60 last year. I wanted to do something nice for her. I thought about getting her a nice piece of jewellery...then remembered my brothers & I pitched in and got her a ring for her 50th...which hasn't come out of her jewellery box since. I know, we'll go do something fun then! Hipsters are all going on about giving experiences not gifts these days….

It's true, we've descended from our tower in the sky and have taken up residence amongst the elderly and the breeders. Welcome to the burbs...*shudder*. Why did we move? We enjoyed our concrete castle for 3 years, and I guess we wanted things, such as a car space, which we didn't want to pay city prices for….

So I recently did Slideways (think indoor Go Karts on a slick track so you can drift a little) and I noticed the following differences between this this Go Karting and my Tokyo Go Karting experience…..

I'll be honest.  This blog post is almost bang on 12 months late. So... anyway. Here it is. Undoubtedly one of the very top moments for Victoria and I during our Japan trip was our last full day left before heading home. We had left Hiroshima that morning and bullet trained it all the way back up to Tokyo. We decided to treat ourselves and stay in a hotel….

We found Hiroshima to be a pretty full on place. Emotionally, that is. Maybe we're just soft in our old age?  We decided to arrive as early as possible from Kyoto to make the most of our time as we only had one full day there, and we actually managed to get around and see the museum and all of the war memorial things …..