This is my brother David, from the small town of Port Douglas, after an 8 hour flight, a one hour wait through customs at Narita airport, a bit over an hour on the Narita express... and BAM! 1 minute into his first Tokyo sardine can train ride (The Chuo). See the fear? he he he, I cracked up solidly for a minute. Am I a wicked sister?

The first day was a lovely mellow day that included Dave coming into my Grade 5 returnee class and doing a presentation on his life in Far North Queensland. Elissa (my sister-in-law) made a video of their kids' school and daily life, which was a smash hit. The kids loved it, and him. He even got into some cleaning with the kids after lunch - raking leaves outside their classroom.

Yesterday was spent at the glorious world heritage listed temple complex, Nikko. It was a beautiful day despite the freezing cold!

This is me, Dave and Matt (Dr Dave's little brother, on a visit from France). We are standing under the original three monkeys carving, hence the hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil pose.... Dave and I are both wearing thermals, don't we look enormous.

And this is us, freezing our feckin arses off.

Off to Kamakura today. Gotta run, sorry for the lack of words.