Extraordinary adventures

I had intended to spend today writing a brilliant travelogue of all the extraordinary adventures I had with my family. Unfortunately I am not feeling very up to being brilliant today so you’ll just have to take it as it comes. Today I am feeling grumpy and tired and achy, oh so achy, because yesterday a man hit my bike with his car. I am very fortunate that he did not hit me with his car, he only got the front wheel (which was impressively buckled) because I managed to brake a bit when I realised that he wasn’t going to stop pulling out of that driveway just because I happened to be biking past. He was terrifically shocked and apologised hundreds of times and got me a new wheel/mudguard/light and had my bike reassembled very quickly (too quickly for me to get any photographic evidence) I have bruised knees and various twisted bits and decided to purchase a helmet.
To the story… until last Monday I had family at my house. It was strange and wonderful and we used all the rooms at once, before that though there was travel and mishap by boat, bus, aeroplane, taxi, and several types of train.
A quick overview.
I met Miriam in Osaka on Friday the 14th where we shopped and walked quickly and it rained. On Sunday we went to Kyoto which was beautiful, delicious and peaceful. On Tuesday slow-bussed to Hiroshima where we met Mum and Dad and on Wednesday went on a morning-trip to Miajima to see monkeys who failed to show up (the monkeys have gone into the forest to find food, the monkeys will be here soon…) We rushed to Hamada on Wednesday afternoon so they could check out my from-July-home and on Thursday were kept from the island by six-metre swells and spent the day in Matsue. We got to Oki on Friday in time to watch a thousand year old dance and then made “New Zealand food” for a collection of island folk. On Saturday we vegetated (and I drove!) and on Sunday we toured the island.
Now you know where the lines are, I will colour in a few bits.