Going home the long way around...

August
18: Leave Japan via Shinkansen and overnight ferryboat
19: Arriving in Pusan, South Korea. Take KTX (Korean Shinkansen) to Seoul.
19-22: Stay with wonderful friend Myrie in Seoul, finally tour the DMZed
22: Depart for Vladivostok, Russia!
22-24: Stay in Vladivostok, meet partner in Trans Siberian adventure, Paul, on the 23rd
24: Depart on Trans Siberian railway
27: Arrive in Ulan-Ude,
27-30 tour the city, find our way to Lake Baikal, see a “village of Old Believers”
30: Depart Ulan-Ude
September
1: Stop for the day in Omsk
3: Arrive in Moscow
3-6: Tour Moscow
6: Depart Moscow, arrive St. Petersburg
6-9: St. Petersburg
9: Out of Russia!
Then hopefully Amsterdam to see my Dutch cousin, Hamburg to see Roger who I have just missed being in the same time zone by hours 3 times, and for sure Dublin to see my wonderful friend Caoimhe.
21st-ish: Back in Canada

I’m excited/nervous/can’t believe it. I know it will be great, but want to get going. Last night in Japan tonight (!!!) And so one adventure ends and another will begin…