It's been a hectic few days since we got back but I've finally found the time to sit down and think about how I can possibly sum up the past four weeks.

In a few words, it can be simply put as "the best marathon trip ever organised". I look back now on when I originally booked everything in, and I know that I didn't really make any definite plans on what I would do or what I wanted to see - I think doing most things on a spontaneous basis is what made it better. Instead of it being a "now what do we NEED to do today" it was more of a "what do we WANT to do today?".

I can't really say how it was per say. Anyone who has traveled overseas before can probably understand that the experience is your own and to try and share that with people back home is hard. All I will say is that the photo's don't do things justice. Multiply the "gee, that looks pretty" factor by a billion and then maybe, MAYBE, you'd be close to how it felt to see it all first hand.

That said, it was over all too soon. Already we're preparing to throw ourselves back into work (I have a performance on 5 April that I need to get ready for and Mark is back at work today) and adjust to normal life. The one thing I have found weird is talking entirely in English again. I had gotten used to using French and what little Japanese I know.

Inevitably I am already attempting to figure out when I can go again ;)

I hope you all enjoyed reading along with us. Its been fun, and its nice to have a record of our thoughts and travels. Already things are starting to fade in this goldfish memory of mine.