Catching Up

Hey all,
First of all, sorry sorry sorry! I'm such a slacker..hehee..started this and then not updating! My bad.
Well, hope you all had a great new year. Mine was spent in front of the TV. Reason being, Taipei was miserable that night. It was cold and rainy, and I was alone. Yes, Mark came back to Japan before the New Year so I was home with mum and my aunties. It was nice though, very relaxing and very comforting, knowing that I didn't have to battle the crowd, the wind and the rain!
My holiday to Taiwan was really good. Caught up with the family, ate LOTS and LOTS of GOOD FOOD. Caught up with the lastest in Movies, music and more. I had a great time seening my family. But, I didn't get to see my little nephew :( Him and his family went to New York the day I arrived, and they came back to Taiwan the day I left for home...Oh well, next time! Gives me a chance to go back sometime.
My latest travel in Japan has taken me to Himeji, Hiroshima and Miyajima. I went on a road trip with Briony. It was my first ever road trip, so I was very excited. We drove from Fukuoka to Himeji, which means we went from Kyushu (my Island) to Honshu (the main island). In Himeji, we saw the Himeji Castle. It was very beautiful, very grand and very old. Stayed over night and then we headed to Hiroshima.
We got to Hiroshima about dinner time, so we had to try out their famous Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancake). It was divine! Bri and I walked around and stopped over for a cup of Caramel Macchiato before we headed back to our hotel for a goodnight's rest. The following morning we went to the Atomic Bomb museum. It was a very sombre experience just like the one in Nagasaki, but a great learning experience.
Our last leg of the trip was to Miyajima. BUT, the most exciting thing happened as we were leaving Hiroshima. It started SNOWING!!! Yep, that's right, it was snowing as we headed out of town...2 OZ girls, driving as the snow fell upon us, it was very romantic, but very scary as well. (We didn't have snow chains ;p) As we drove to Miyajima the snow started to fall even heavier, but then it subsided as we approached our destination.
There were so many people and deers in Miyajima, it was unbelievable. The floating Torii is in Miyajima, so we took lots of photos of that and the huge shrine (still being repaired after the big typhoon at the end of Septembe last year). All in all we had a great girlie road trip.
That's been the latest in the travelling department, am looking into going to Osaka (Minabe more like it) to visit Mark in March, so stay tuned to my next adventure.