Apa Hotel Keisei Narita Ekimae

November 17, 2009<br><br><br><br>Good evening all!<br><br>Today was another rained out day. We sat in the break room reading, talking and laughing. Mel said on Saturday that he had emailed a friend that we were "three fat guys sitting around eating Japanese snakes!" (what he meant was Japanese snacks &#8211; we all got a kick out of that but I guess you had to be there) So ...

... home made bisquits. KC made spaghetti and a yummy salad. The three of us just get along so well.<br><br>Tomorrow is our &#8220;three Santa&#8221; day. We will rotate all day and then I&#8217;m off for two days. I&#8217;m not sure what my days off will hold (except making dinner one night for the guys) but I&#8217;m sure it will be fun! I&#8217;m planning to take some pictures of my neighborhood and apartment so you can have an idea of what I see every day!<br><br>More later . . .

... need the miles because I&#8217;m hooked on the good life in Business Class. I wonder what First Class is like? Hmmm. . . . A girl can dream. <br><br>Now we&#8217;re headed to Bali.<br><br>Notable comments about Japan and their bathrooms:<br><br>1.) Even though we didn&#8217;t see many trash cans it was incredibly clean. It is evident how much pride they take in their country and cities.<br><br>2.) Paul observed this in our hotel room. After taking a shower that ...

... a little flat. The next morning we took the JR ferry (this pass has been invaluable - anyone going to Japan REALLY needs to get one of these) across to Miyajima - sight of the floating torii which I am sure you have all seen on guied books to Japan. I got very excited when I first caught glimpse of it, but felt a little underwhelmed by the size - it always looks so big! We chatted to a lovely canadian on the way over there (Even "I" am starting to get excited when I see people ...

... and a resident of the country for more than 7 years. Her Thai is impeccable! The other was Justine (sp), an Hawaiian in the modeling industry. Gorgeous she was! The layover was brief - about an hour - and off we jet to Taiwan. ... see you in Taipei! PDP

We had a very nice flight and arrived at Narita on time. I think I set a world's record for movie watching with 6 and the end of another that I missed on our last trip. We were unable to upgrade to first class on the flight to Bangkok. We are just hanging out in the ...

... eller arbejdet, der er meget stor respekt omkring gruppen man er med i da de foler sig afhaengige af den. Bare et lille side spring kan gore at en japaner kan blive mobbet ud af vennegruppen eller arbejdet. Jeg snakkede eks. med 2 japanere der skilte sig ud fra gruppen: Ung fyr med blandet baggrund japan/kina, grundet dette etniske mix havde han en lille talefejl i en japanske udtale paatrods af at han har boet i landet det meste af sit liv, dette gjorde at han havde det ...

... a third with a rope round its neck performing on a bicycle in the town below. The most informative walks we took were in Kyoto and Nara. The first was with Johnny Hillwalker and he took us to places a bit more off the tourist trail. Shrines and temples of course but also a fan maker, a porcelain painter and a pastry maker. He was very interesting and very proud of his native city, especially the traditional crafts. He also clarified for me the whole shintoism ...

... brought us to the Matsuya department store. Something that really stood out from me was the food court. So many different types of food and the presentation that goes into the food there was amazing. Down in the fresh fruit area there were some freaky strawberries that were perfect, they looked too good to be real. Then we decided it would be a good time to get some cash from the ATM. We looked through about 4 department stores with no luck, well we found some ATMs but they ...

I used to go there all the time just to hang out and drink with the Japanese. They always had some of the best music. That and they would play "Twist and Shout" at 11:00 PM which signialed the official closing of the resturaunt part. The bar area would stay open until around 7:00 AM.