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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    Another day begins in Kyoto, and this one's a mix of sightseeing, food and as you might have guessed, a few drinks. The weather wasn't great, but we decided to catch the bus to Kinkaku-ji Temple. It was our first bus, but it turns out they're pretty easy to use. Board at the back door, then...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    After that slight distraction and tea, we made it to the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. Lots of bamboo, but not as busy as I suspect it gets at more popular times. Then back to Kyoto, before heading to a kaiseki dinner we'd organised months earlier. Gion Matayoshi, a 2 Michelin Star...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    The next day, we decided to visit the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, a short train ride from Kyoto station on the JR Sagano line. But first, some breakfast at the Porta mall out the front of Kyoto station. It seems I only have this photo taken as part of an Instagram story. This is Kineya Kyoto...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    Back with a continuation of the report.... Catching a rapid train to Kyoto from Osaka (again, this was conveniently accessed via an underground walkway from the Hilton Osaka), we arrived to meet up with a couple of Mrscwd's relatives (a sister and a cousin) for lunch, who'd just come from Tokyo...
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    Status Credit on EK flights?

    Why not? Not much need for a FF number in the booking being in F, so could just do retro claims for each flight. Anyone have experience doing that in this situation?
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    Fly to New Zealand and earn 25% more Status Credits (targeted?)

    I got an offer for 25% more points:
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    The view or two from my "office"

    Some early Cherry blossoms (and selfie sticks) are out in Ueno Park today
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    Indeed. I was surprised that the claim was the bartender told them to leave when he realised they were Korean. Suspect it was more complicated...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    On to Japan.... After almost 3 weeks in Northern Europe and the UK, it was time to begin almost 3 weeks in Japan. Taking us there was AY77 to KIX/Osaka, a Finnair A350 flight. I seem to have one photo from the flight, which is of breakfast, specifically the Japanese breakfast: Passing...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    With our final (successful) night in Tromso done, it was time for a quick hop to Helsinki. Our flight was a non-stop Finnair flight (AY946), which runs every Saturday (probably seasonally). The flight is operated by Widerøe, a regional carrier that typically does SAS' commuter and regional...
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    The view or two from my "office"

    In Tokyo today for the last part of our trip. Having sushi in Ginza.
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    I think it's pretty much futile. But a lot of accommodation includes meals, so that helps, as food's one of the more obvious expensive costs there. But also, cheaper restaurants are much worse value than more upmarket ones. If you don't drink alcohol, that will help too :)
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    On our third and final night in Tromso, we had booked a Northern Lights tour with another company, 'The Green Adventure'. Ultimately the tour was just us and another couple, also in their 30s, living in Singapore. It was their first night in Tromso. Tonight's drive was shorter than the first...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    We had a wonderful time in Norway. I really liked the feel of the parts we visited. Everything's very efficient and reliable too, which I appreciate. The Norway in a Nutshell trip is well worth doing. We were aware that it's an expensive place, but were still constantly shocked at just how...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    We decided to take it easy for our 2nd day in Tromso, and didn't book a tour for the night. Did go for a bit of a walk though. Our hotel Looking across to the mainland from the island of Tromsøya, where the city is. Ishavskatedralen, or the Arctic Cathedral, which is a ~20 minute walk...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    On to Tromsø... Our Hotel in Oslo, Hotel Thon Opera, is right across from Oslo station, making it extremely convenient both for Norway in a Nutshell, and getting to/from the airport, as that's also where trains to the airport go from. As it happens, I did have a couple of photos from near...
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    The view or two from my "office"

    My Father in Law is regularly in a place with Malaria, but in many years, he's only caught it twice, both times when he stopped drinking. No G+Ts involved though.
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    The view or two from my "office"

    Currently in Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, waiting for our train for the next part of our holiday. There's been a decent enough amount of snow while we've been here, and the skiing's been pretty good, considering it's late in the season. Next stop, Niigata.
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    Norway in a Nutshell, Part 2 We also booked a Viking dinner at the pub (a brewery, actually) attached to our hotel. I'd recommend the snowshoe hike, but could take or leave the dinner. That said, I don't think there are a huge number of choices for dinner in Flam in February. The tasting meal...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    We had booked in for a snow shoe hike which lined up nicely with our time in Flam. This involves a drive past the nearby town of Aurland (which we passed on the ferry) and up the mountain. After putting on the snow shoes, off we set. They said that this year the snow's started...
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