what do you see?

Well we're back - maybe you didn't notice that we were even gone! We went to Hong Kong (and Macau) from Saturday to yesterday. It was very warm and humid, a few showers and a bit of sun too which was nice. Our plan was that we'd arrive back to find spring finally setting in in Sapporo, with not much snow left, this was unfortunately scuppered by a supposed "late winter storm" - basically a continuation of the never-ending Hokkaido winter. So when we landed yesterday afternoon it was "a 'cool' day with temperatures around zero degrees celsius", in the words of the Captain, Alan Taylor (!). The train plunged into the usual white-out blizzard on the way back and by this morning it looked like another 4 or 5 inches of fresh snow had fallen...
Anyway, the trip, must tell you about the trip. Later, I promise (then again that's what I always say...).