=w= 2026 – USA

Whilst my mum was in Japan she encouraged me to get tickets for some of the US shows (it didn’t take much). The flight to the West Coast isn’t bad so that’s where I went – Sacramento, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. I’d never been to any of them before.

Sacramento

Not to bore people but as I previously mentioned, my straighteners and my backup pair had both broken before I left so I had to order new ones to my hotel and they were at the waiting for me when I arrived. This is the fourth pair I own ...

27.09.26

Why do people in the US all seem to have those lawn chairs? (Is that what they are called? I don’t know what they are called in British English. Foldable chair?) Not only do they all seem to have them, they all seem to carry them about with them. I’ve never come across anything like it. People had them in the queue for the shows. When I went on a trip to various beaches in California, this guy was lugging one about with him. Also, when I was looking at theatre stuff, a lot of the outdoors ones said to ...

Vancouver・Mexico City・Toronto・Montreal 2026 – 3/3

My poor mum and my poor body! I really suffered in Toronto and Montreal and my husband was the same in Vancouver. The food poisoning lasted pretty much the entire time I was with my mum.

Toronto

I arrived the night before my mum so I could go and pick her up from the airport. She always has a really panicked look on her face before she sees me which makes me laugh. We trotted about but could never be too far away from the hotel!

#NiagaraFalls
Something was looking out for me because my stomach wasn’t so bad that ...

Vancouver・Mexico City・Toronto・Montreal 2026 – 2/3

Thank God we decided to go to Mexico, the saving grace of the trip. We walked loads and I even wore skirts sometimes! We had around four days and I’d really like to go back.

Mexico City

We stayed at a bed and breakfast which I can be fussy about because I don’t want to become mates with the owner and the other people staying there but it was all right. The breakfasts were nice and all vegetarian.

#day1
We walked to the Historic Centre.

We went for hot chocolate and I had mine with milk and my husband, for ...

Vancouver・Mexico City・Toronto・Montreal 2026 – 1/3

The person who doesn’t like travelling has been travelling again. We went in August and we ‘had’ to go to Vancouver which isn’t such a bad flight from Tokyo. Ever since the direct flight to London became nearly 15 hours, anything around 10 and under has started to feel like nothing! We had a spare week and didn’t think there would be enough for us to enjoy in Vancouver for that long (we’re not outdoorsy) so then we were umming and ahing about where to go. It was going to be San Diego but that didn’t look like there was ...