Japan Trip, Day 16
After a long trip of being immersed in a foreign culture, we decided we needed a huge blast of American-ness. What to do? Head to your nearest Disneyland. Yes, we spent the day at Tokyo Disneyland. Not much to say, except it was Disney. In a surreal sort of way. The rides were identical to
Japan Trip, Day 15
Rob and Chloe went down to breakfast. Camille and I worked on packing up, then I tried to catch up on photos. Checkout time was 10am, but the rain was still pouring down. We walked down the hill to the train, getting soaked in the process. Bought tickets (not a JR train), got on the
Japan Trip, Day 14
We decided to take it slow and skip breakfast this morning. As we headed out, Chloe really wanted to explore the stairs that headed up into the woods. The stairs went up and up and up. Eventually, they hit a road, and we opted to head down the road. Windy, narrow and wet, it didn’t
Japan Trip, Day 13
Breafkast was at 8 in the dining room. The room was beautiful, but there was little in the way of vegetarian choices. We had some lettuce, egg and rice. Chloe got a snoopy rice bowl. A short walk down to Tonosawa, then we tried to figure out which bus. Finally the third one that stopped
Japan Trip, Day 12
While I caught up on photos and email (last internet for a while), Rob ran over to the station to reserve seats on the train to Odawara. Once we were all packed, we “Checked out”. The lady at the ryokan gave each of the girls a nice little Japanese purse. At the station, we again
Japan Trip, Day 11
After running around for two days, we decided to take it a little easier today. We headed out of the inn in a leisurely manner and walked over to yet another great Japanese breakfast place, Starbucks. After breakfast, we headed to Kyoto Station to see the tourist information office as well as the gisnt department
Japan Trip, Day 10
Chloe and I were up early. Chloe coughing, me going through photos. Chloe fell back to sleep and Camille slept in. We had wanted to get an early train to Hiroshima, but felt the girls needed rest more than anything else. After they woke, we packed the backpack and headed to the station to get
Japan Trip, Day 9
Yet again I was up before 5:30. I hadn’t gone to the toilet the night before, but had to pee, so I had to wake Rob to ask him where it was. Chloe woke while I was finishing up blogging and photo editing. She asked me to hold her, and we both ended up falling
Japan Trip, Day 8
Again up at 5:30. Chloe had no fever! But I had a sore throat ๐ Camille said that she had a headache. Ugh. We headed down to breakfast. Chloe had corn, cucumbers, rice and orange quarters. She said that the juice hurt her throat. Camille and Rob both enjoyed the caramel pastries. I had a
Japan Trip, Day 7
Chloe woke this morning with a bit of a fever still. We actually were at breakfast later than 6:30. The place was packed already. It seems that this resort is quite busy on the weekends compared to the middle of the week. Chloe ate a little potatoes and rice (skipping the pasta and bread that
Japan Trip, Day 6
Chloe woke this morning still feeling under the weather. (I woke first at 4:30am; Rob thought my typing was raindrops — it has not rained since we’ve been here.) Speaking of weather, there were reports of a typhoon (that’s a Pacific cyclone, as opposed to an Atlantic one which we know as a hurricane) coming
Japan Trip, Day 5
I was up very early. The rest woke soon after. We headed down to breakfast just before 6:30. The buffet wasn’t open yet, so we went down to the beach for a few minutes. The buffet was half closed; squid ink sausage was on the table again. Black sausages look strange, but Rob said that
Japan Trip, Day 4
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
Japan Trip, Day 3 (Quiet Time + Dinner)
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
Japan Trip, Day 3 (Swimming + Lunch)
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
Japan Trip, Day 3 (Breakfast + Promenade)
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,
Japan Trip – Day 2 (At the Beach + Jetlag)
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
Japan Trip – Day 2 (Swimming + Lunch)
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
Japan Trip, Day 2 (Breakfast + Promenade)
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
Japan Trip, Day 1
>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
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