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May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * of rooms opened in the Louvre the day I went: Approx. 411 * of rooms visited: 403 (Miss the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas) * Hours spent in the Louvre: 6 straight, no break, no food. Within the first 10 minutes of »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bed at the FS in Paris must have been good; sadly I slept in on my first and second day in Paris. I really hope this trend does not continue. It was 1030am before I managed to step out on the town »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * # of television channels available at George V: 74 * # of these channels that are Middle Eastern: 24 Today was the day that I moved onto Paris and started my morning by having breakfast in Faventia (the restaurant at the FS) where I had these »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average number of horns beeped at me daily whilst in Provence = 1 Since this was my one and only full day in Provence I decided to make use of it. So I jumped in my car and before 8am I was weaving my »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Both Jonno and I have become addicted to Iced Cocoa. It is served in most coffee shops here and I consider it an essential part of any breakfast here in Japan. With an abundance of Coca Cola here in Tokyo, and my determination »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings from the other side of the world. I spent all of yesterday travelling so I will not bore you with all the details. Today I arrived at Nice Airport at around 10am and hired a car to drive myself out to the »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * # of hours spent at Karaoke = 4 * of times Jonno has had problems with his credit card = 2 * of hours spent shopping in Shibuya = 8 Our last 2 days in Japan have been just as crazy as the first. Yesterday we went out to »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We arrived safely in Tokyo after being lavished by gifts on the plane. Jonno started making jokes about the onboard safety video; it was a Japanese ladies' voice describing in game show excitement the safety features of the plane. I was in »
