Back to the daily grind

So we're back in Tokyo after spending 1 week in Queensland: 2 nights in Cairns where there were so many Japanese people (and Japanese signs!) that it felt like we'd never left Japan; and the rest of the time in Brisbane where we met and hung out with lots of wonderful friendly Greek people and ate plenty of Greek food. The main highlight of Cairns for me was spotting crocodiles in the wild, and in Brisbane I experienced my first Greek wedding!

Of course I took hundreds of photos but they will take some time to organise before I can share them on my journal. In the meantime, here's a shot of us atop the canopy of the beautiful Daintree rainforest north of Cairns. (Friends and family back home in Australia have been bugging me to see photos of me looking pregnant, but I don't have many shots of me because my place is behind the camera, not in front of it.)

Enjoying the fresh rainforest air:


Speaking of looking pregnant, here are some amusing things I've noticed:

- I really ought to steer away from wearing light-coloured tops. My protruding belly (which I sometimes forget I have) catches dripping food and juices - a problem because I often don't eat at the table.
- I often bump my protruding belly on table corners, chairs and other waist-high objects as I walk "around" them because I do sometimes forget I have a belly now. And yes, it hurts when that happens!
- I don't really look pregnant if you look at me front-on, but my profile shows a definite pregnant belly. I suppose it's a good thing I'm not growing sideways instead!