We Are Back!

We are back from a great adventure! We survived 11 days, 3 cities, countless subway and train rides lugging more than 50kg worth of luggage and 2 hyper-active, deliriously ecstatic kids across central Japan! Whew. Hubby and I felt more tired than rejuvenated - but the pure happiness of spending all our time with the Bees more than made up for our fatigue. 

The Bees in front of ancient 400-year-old Nijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Kyoto. 

With this trip, it is the culmination of our homelearning theme this June - a Japan theme! The Bees thoroughly enjoyed learning about Japan and I was amazed that even Little Bee could recognise a lot of what she learned and read once she arrived in Japan. Big Bee can now understand so much of the Japanese culture and even picked up simple Japanese phrases, compared to her previous trips there. It made the trip so much more meaningful for the Bees, I think. 

Little Bee's rendition of Japan's flag. Big Bee likened the flag to the name of Japan, telling us the red circle symbolises the Land Of The Rising Sun. 

More to come with holiday photos and our homelearning theme once we wrap up our very first Japan lapbook!