After parkrun, we went to the bakery that we had found the day before. I was keen for Warren to have something to eat and an energy drink before driving to Melbourne.
There is nothing like a South Australian pastie but it was too heavy for me for breakfast.
While Warren did parkrun around the top I walked about half way, 3.3kns in all. There were so steep bits at the start and I nearly gave up and turned back, then I realised that Warren had to run it so the least I could do was to walk it.
I had walked the whole way around some years ago, I didn't remember the steep bits.
I had to take a photo of the tower that is in the distance. Pretty sure the idea was to walk up and take photo but it didn't say that so this was the pic I took.
Got to love 'em.
We left our air bnb early even though we were supposedly 12 minutes away but we had to fill the car with fuel, take it back to the depot and wait for a shuttle to take us to the airport.
I guess we arrived around 7.30am, flight was at 10.05. Breakfast!
Some place had coffee and a muffin for $8.50, pretty reasonable for airport food. I wondered if there was a cache or two, I can live in hope.
Ha, an adventure lab, a virtual and a letterbox all within walking distance. Nearly stuffed up the virtual even though it was easy, take a photo of the Melbourne sign. Yep we saw one at the International and grabbed a photo there then I realised that we were 90 metres away so had to find the correct one.
Time to go through customs, no dramas as Warren had a backpack and I had a small suitcase and my tote bag. No need to take tablets out of the bag but we both had to take off our jackets and Warren had remove his belt but he could carry it through. We had to go through the body scan, I was asked to step aside. I was not wearing the bra with the zip nor was I wearing the pants that had zipped pockets. Apparently something triggered on my left side near the pocket, a quick pat down and I was free to go.
Watching our luggage come through and my case gets deverted and goes to the right instead of coming straight down. I was told it had to go through the detection device again and then a second time. After the third time, they scanned something in the tray that my bag was in and then said I was right to go.
I was expecting to have to open it and display everything that was in it. I did take my crocheting, going down that was in my tote bag. It was a mystery but there were quite a few other people's stuff that had to be scanned again.
It was cold, we knew it would be and packed warmer clothes.
We had the morning free so set off on a walk visiting hertigage buildings, luckily there was no wind at 8am.
These two churches were onopposite sides of the road.
As Lucy was going to the dog sitter, I wanted to make sure there was enough food for her. Her dinner is a chicken leg and a cup of pellets, so I shopped for some and bag of pellets, a day earlier than usual.
Wow,my grocery store had $2 days, Must download their app to see when they are scheduled.
First fridge in the door heldchicken legs at $2 a kilo, bargain as that was exactly what I wanted. Fridge had bulk purchases only, 12 kilos worth,if smaller quanties were required they were in other fridges down the back. Headed there then changed my mind, 12 kilos was only $24, I went back to the bulk area and hauled a blue plastic pack up out of the fridge, then I realised it was one plastic blue bag in a cardboard tray. Yep, that makes sense. Chicken was already
out of the fridge so I wrangled the cardboard tray out as well, not as easy feat and placed said blue plastic bag into tray. Not as easy feat. Hum, empty trolley, 12 kilos of chicken legs of top of freezer. I didn't want to drop it (definitely wasn't up to placing it in bottom of the trolley, manhandled it on to the baby seat.
A few more things to gather, luckily not a full shop as we were going away and headed for the checkout. This place scans items and repacked them into another trolley. I pushed my trolley through leaving neat still in the baby seat. Checkout chicks had piece with the scan on it by the till so big box didn't have to go anywhere.
Straight into the car boot and home. It was a two man job to pack them, we do two in a pack for Lucy and then into freezer. I also packed meal sizes for us in containers. No idea how many chicken legs there were but at least they will be off my shopping list for quite awhile.
As we had wound our way down Japan from Tokyo west to Kansawa then East to Kyoto, Hiroshima and Fukuoka we had to return to Tokyo which meant a five hour train trip.
The boys had secured our return trip as soon as we arrived in Fukuoka and our train left around 9am.
Lots of stops but the train didn't stay long at each place, we had bought some snacks to eat, back to Tokyo's station around 2.30pm, grab a taxi back to the same hotel.
Bit of a rest and a change of clothes and we were off out again to visit a couple that we had taught with in China.
Dinner was to be early as Warren and I had an early flight the next morning, leaving the hotel at 5am.
It was so nice to be going to a locals home. Like China it was shoes off at the door and there was a selection of slippers to choose from. Rooms seem smaller than we were used to but as there is only the two of them, it was certainly large enough. Very bright colours on the walls, they had been renovating when we first arrived in Tokyo, they took us to a traditional old Japanese restaurant.
Food was different but tasty. Both speak quite good English of course with an accent and sometimes they had to check with one another about the right word to use.
It was an enjoyable and fitting end to our holiday.
Warren and I did a 9km walk, here are some of the photos.
