Is it nearly Christmas?

Wow - it is nearly Christmas - again! The year has flown by so quickly, as it does every year. I have been really organised and done my Christmas shopping early this year. Mind you, the Christmas tree is not up yet (hopefully this weekend) and the Christmas cards are not done. We have had a great year, and are looking forward to 2010. There are many changes on the cards, so it is sure to be interesting.

Recent travels

In May, Steph and I went to Japan. We flew in to Tokyo, and made our way around on the highly-efficient trains. If only we could have such efficient public transport here! We saw temples, shrines and castles. Unfortunately, we missed out on the cherry blossoms, although we did see a few trees still in bloom...

Japan is a photographer's paradise, so Steph and I took hundreds of photos - too many to post here. Check out our Facebook pages for more photos.

Long time, no blog

What is the point of having a blog without blogging? It has been ages since my last post. Since then, I have changed jobs (been at my new job for 4 months now), summer has been and gone and we have been to 3 weddings. Even more unbelievably, tomorrow is April and in 3 weeks we will be celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary.

In late October, Steph and I went to Vanuatu, which was something different. It was humid and showery every day, but it was good to get away. In about 5 weeks, we are off to Japan and Hong Kong, which will be my first trip to Asia (not counting visiting airports in transit).

Meanwhile, it is pouring with rain outside. Now I know it is good to have rain now and then, but why do we have to have such torrential downpours for days on end?