Leanne & Dave Loewen

On the road home. Man it's good to be back.

Tokyo was a blast - thanks Jeff & Rino! Heading to the airport this afternoon. Touch down in 20hrs

Bullet train to Tokyo. Home stretch :)

Plane was delayed, but we're in Japan now. Kyoto, then Tokyo, then home!

Eating some Peking duck then off to Shanghai.

The train ride was amazing. Beijing is hot, intensely smoggy and seriously foul-smelling. Great Wall tomorrow!

So we're in Beijing and we have wifi, but of course Facebook and Twitter are "inaccessible".

Riding the rails through Siberia . . . with a bottle of wine.

On the train & all settled in. Looking forward to the next 6 days. A vacation from our vacation :-)

$7 for a 250 of coke? Really? And $10 for black tea? Really? And you think that's ok?? (No, we didn't eat there...)

off to Moscow...then the 6 days to Beijing. Might not have internet till then (and will tweet through texts to family)

Saint Petersburg is very beautiful... saw a lot in the 9 hours we spent walking around. yes, we're exhausted.

in Saint Petersburg.. our hostel was down a dark alley at a kinda nondescript door with a keypad. surprisingly it is quite nice inside...

Helsinki today. We cross into Russia tonight!

Ah, so that's real sour cream. Runny and sour. Anyway, not recommended with Corn Flakes. Remind me to learn to read Swedish.

@Fuzze1 lol got a replacement camera, sorry

well, my point and shoot met an early demise... hopefully will get another in Stockholm tomorrow. probably vastly overpriced.

Off on a scenic railway tour of Sweden!

@idhToronto it is!

midnight sun and sleeping in a cool lodge-like hostel. life is good.