Author: hatti

And we’re off! Edinburgh > Tokyo

I still can’t quite believe I’m typing this from our hostel in Tokyo! Although with the level of tiredness and jet-lag we felt when we touched down we may well have been hallucinating the whole thing.

We’ve been here for a couple of days now and already we’ve been exploring nonstop! But more on that later…

Our flights actually went quite well and to any of you who are aware of my previous history with baggage and long haul flights, you will be very pleased to hear that they showed up when we did!! Although I’m still glad I had packed a carry on bag with a supply of clothes and toiletries etc because it’s just not worth tempting fate. I would just like to add here that after our worry about over-packing and trying to travel light, neither of our bags weighed more than 12kg and while that may show just how little I’ve been lifting, I was so shocked and surprised at the check-in I did a little dance – the check-in lady wasn’t too impressed…

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T Minus: 1 Day

One day to go!

I felt it best I do this today when I have a little spare time as tomorrow will mostly be packing, sitting in airports and then on planes… with lots of free time on my hands.

Yesterday we left our humble abode in Aberdeen and headed down the road (via a trip round bits of Scotland) to where I now sit in Edinburgh.

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Shipping Out Shindig

Last night truly was our Shipping Out Shindig: drinks were drank, shapes were thrown, songs were sung and laughs were most definitely had! So as I type this, feeling a bit tired and tender (and that’s just my feet- heels are no ones friend) I would like to start by saying a huge thank you to everyone who was able to come along last night, James, Natalie and myself, had such a fantastic time and we hope you did too! We couldn’t have asked for a better night, or a better group of people to spend it with.

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T Minus: 7 Days

1 Week to go!

As I type this, I think about how quickly this previous week has gone and how the next will only go quicker. I’ve more or less struck it off in my brain as a whirlwind of excitement, packing and general disorientation and then before we know it, we’ll be in the air on our way to start our Grande Adventure!

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T Minus: 14 days

It’s 2 weeks today!

With Take-Off fast approaching, a lot of our free time and brain-space have been occupied with the thoughts of our upcoming trip – and all of the organising and planning that goes along with it too!

My to-do list for this weekend is already longer than I would like to address (sorry James!) but it’s all towards one of the most exciting things we have ever done. Our conversations are rarely about anything else and if everyone isn’t already at their wits end with our chat we can only apologise and say it’s only going to get worse.

Our minds are constantly whirring and result in strange out-of-context messages to each other at all hours “I just remembered we have Christmas Decorations in the loft!” “Do we need all of these pens?” “No we don’t need more timber.” An Enigma Machine could spend days trying to decode our correspondence but alas, all they will find is some tangled tinsel and more Sharpie’s than a sane person would ever need.

Despite our best efforts the to-do list seems to grow rather than deplete; however my enthusiasm and excitement does the same. And as the countdown shrinks ever smaller, I think it’ll be good to take the time to soak in our last week of normality before it really kicks off and all of a sudden we’re on a plane starting our adventure!

14…13…12…

Hatti x