Monday, 30 November 2015
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Back in Edinburgh and back to school
And here they are. P3 (primary three) already!
And ready for school.
Japan Airlines
I love JAL. The level of service is just better. We flew out to Japan on British Airways via London Heathrow. On the way back, it was JAL via Paris CDG. In the future, I would tolerate the awfulness which is Charles de Gaulle airport, just to fly with JAL.
A menu! How civilised.
Happy wee kids meal
A carrot shaped as an plane brings a smile to an aeroplane obsessed boy
Cartoons in Japanese - just the way she likes them
Cute little dish
Japanese attention to detail. Love it
The long trek home
Finally it is time to go home. And what a journey it was.
Three and a half hour train ride from the village to Chitose (near the airport). An overnight at a hotel, before 5am rise and the 3-flight, 24 hour journey back to Edinburgh.
Niseko train station with all our luggage. Yikes
No shinkansen in Hokkaido yet. A wee one carriage mountain train all the way up to Otaru.
Niseko Cheese Factory
We visited the Niseko Cheese Factory, after hearing about their delicious ice cream. They use their own camembert style cheese in the ice cream, and therefore there is a rather funky and grown up flavour to it. The kids tried it, but didn't love it. They prefer the ice cream from the Milk Kobo up the road.
However, we did sample some of the Niseko cheese. Absolutely delicious! After much deliberation, we went for Momiji, 12 month aged cheese.
Served in Japan Airlines first class.
If it's good enough for first class, it's probably good enough for us.
Strong, nutty, rather like an aged gouda. There was a fight over it, it was so good.
The kids wanted more, but at equivalent of approx £50 per kilo, we only bought it once.
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