my journey, destination unknown
Chloe still woke up at 5am, even though we went to bed much later last night. We again headed down to breakfast early this morning. It felt like we were walking into Moe’s; all the employees yelled (well, loudly said) “Ohayo Gozaimas” as we walked in. Today one hostess sat us and another came around…
We were all sun and waterlogged from the morning outside, so after lunch, the girls and I hung out inside. Well, I sat on the balcony overlooking the ocean, reading Jitensha: Down the Japanese Archipelago on a Bicycle on the Kindle. It is quite interesting to hear the author’s perspectives on Japanese culture and customs…
Seeing how *many* people there were at breakfast at 7am, we decided that they all go somewhere other than the beach and pool. Maybe lots of people go golfing, which I think I once heard was popular amongst the more affluent Japanese (expensive because of the lack of open land, I think). But maybe there…
We never got up from our afternoon nap. When Rob got back from his dinner, he crashed too. Chloe was awake before 5am. We relaxed a bit and slowly got up for the day. Finally, at 6:30 we headed down to the breakfast buffet. Not much different from yesterday. The black sausages caught my eye,…
After lunch, we headed down to the beach. There are few waves; there appears to be a breakwater a bit offshore. The swimming area is roped off and deepens very gradually, so the girls had a good time going out to the floats, climbing up and jumping off. Chloe did complain that it hurt her…
After our walk down the beach, we headed back to the room to dehumidify and wait for the pool to open. I worked on processing the 60+ photos I had taken that morning, Rob worked on getting ready for his meeting, Camille read, and Chloe watched Sesame Street (in English). There appears to be an…
Not unexpectedly, we all woke quite early. Even after dressing and cleaning up, breakfast still was not open. Soon enough, we headed down to the first floor and through a maze of closed stores, arcade parlors and more. Breakfast was incredible. Lots of “western food” such as coffee (yeah!), croissants, scrambled eggs, onion rings(?). Plus…
>We entered today without going through night, which truly was strange. Narita Airport was easy enough to navigate once we figured out domestic flights are on the first floor and international ones on the 4th floor. Once we were again rid of our bags, we explored the airport and found the observation deck, where we…
The girls were emotional at saying goodbye to Gazoo as we left. Nothing exciting happened on the way to out plane Rob got us some coffee at Starbucks; I guess we will probably not get good coffee for a while? The girls settled into the plane, but started getting bored as we were something like…
The end of another day is here. Gazoo is feeling better, but still not back to herself. She played with Chloe, but didn’t ask to go outside at all. She’s getting around okay, though she’s not quite so eager to jump. As for preparations, I took care of a lot of my “chores”. Plus we…
Here we are, preparing for our big trip. How? Me, tying up loose ends at work. Timesheets, weekly reports, and the actual work too. Rob, at the beach with the girls. Gazoo, well, see the earlier post. Honestly, I have done no more than to get the laundry done and to gather electronics that may…
The weather looked like it would rain, so my mom and I headed out for a walk this morning. We were approached by a loose barking dog (grr) and saw lots of flowers. And made it back just before the afternoon drizzle started.
Yesterday we went down to the Arts in the Park festival. It was nice to see that gas prices did not keep the crowds away. There were lots of people there and more artists than ever! Unfortunately, it appeared that the only people making money were those who were selling food. I hope that wasn’t…
Today Barbara, the girls and I headed out to the Renaissance Festival. In the past, we haven’t gone as Chloe had a deep fear of swords. She’s gotten past that now, and now loves a good weapon. It was “Pirate’s Plunder” weekend, and the girls gathered quite a bit of pirate’s booty (not the cheesy…
The girls were not up for any ambitious sightseeing after we checked out of our hotel and headed to Manhattan. We took the subway to Times Square. Camille had in mind the chocolate stores. There were 50 police cars there; from what I gathered they were filming the movie “The Taking of the Pelham 123”….
This morning, the girls and I walked over to the F train and rode it all the way to the end at Coney Island. Were they surprised that you could take the train to the beach! how cool is that! We walked over to the boardwalk, but almost nothing was open. Around noon, all the…
Could there be any doubt? We headed out early and got on the F train to Union Square. We quickly found a deli and grabbed some bagels and coffee (milk for the girls). We sat at a table in Union Square to eat, then walked through the wonderful farmer’s market that was going on there….
the train didn’t seem to have wireless, so I was off-line for over 24 hours for the first time in quite a while, I think. We got into Penn Station around 2pm, hopped on the uptown train (after fighting with the machine that would not sell me three subway cards), and got to the Museum…
I got up early and worked for a long time (3 hours?) before the girls got up — the man across the street started screaming for his dog, and woke them up. Camille helped Chloe get breakfast, then the girls made us a pb&j, carrots, pirate booty, grapes and more type lunch. (Yeah for having…
The girls have no activities this week. None. I SO wanted to go away. Jekyll again, Florida, Alabama, Texas, somewhere, anywhere. BUT, I have a release due in a couple weeks and have too much work to do to really go anywhere. Instead, the girls and I packed up the car (and Rob loaded the…