Apa Hotel Yokohama-kannai

... program presented to us by Janetta, the counselor on board. She asked a series of 42 questions and we had to sit down or stand up based on our responses to the question. The question ranged from "can you buy a bandaid in your skin color?" "are you ever embarrassed by your friends?" have you ever had to help your parents pay the bills?" "can you marry the person that you love?" "have you or your immediate ...

... only separated by 18 minutes on the Shinkansen anyway). So in short we aren't staying a single night in Tokyo, which suits me fine. We might take a trip on Saturday to check out the city, but I'm more than happy to stay elsewhere, especially since "elsewhere" actually makes travelling quicker and easier than staying in Tokyo itself. Also, can you guess which restaurant we'll be going to for lunch tomorrow?

... on other TV shows but didn't really think about it. We both ended up going in from the back entrance and going around barefoot:) Haha. I am so Americanized. I am really starting to realize that. So we played a lot of games with the kids. First we got together and tossed a ball around asking all the kids "what's your name." The kids were just having a lot of fun playing with the ball actually. You know how kids get when you give them ...

... Akihabara is the electronics capital of the world. It's actually quite depressing since I can't afford any of it. Ueno has a really nice park, and a zoo apparently, but I didn't go. Shinjuku is a really nice area and home to a free observation deck in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices. The view really gives you perspective on just how big the city is. I can't wait to see it at night ...

... a board showing the lyrics of the Yokohama city song. Each letter and space was carved out of wood. I remember working on the city song in my primary school days. A few minutes later I needed to go to the toilet. I knew where it was. The wooden slippers to be worn inside the toilet were too small for my feet. The entire gym looked a little smaller and the height seemed lower than I remembered. There were easily ...

... would have proved to be a wondrous site, had it not been for the heavy rains and ¼ mile visibility. The rest of the night was uneventful. Phil was crabby because he was hungry, we ate some Ramon, grabbed our free drink from the Smile Café, and went to bed. Day 5 - Michelle's Day! I woke up crying this morning because Phil asks too many questions (and nobody speaks English, so they can't even answer them), and he spends too much time with the maps ...

... the train. 1 point to the gaijin san! Anyways, back to Dwyer. So, that was late to bed and a weird Sunday in a half awake state. The following Saturday was Tummaster (Eng: Thumbmaster), which others may know as the drinking games Kings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_%28d rinking_game%29 Heavy night yet again, however I managed to get up early and make it to church on Easter morning. Got home from church at 12 and started ...

... some stuff of at home in our cell and decided to check out the hip Shibuya shopping district. We walked for a while down a main street near us and then since it seemed to be a long way we hopped on the Ebisu Japan Rail station (there are two metro train systems in Tokyo, the Japan Rail which circles the perimeter of the city and the Subway which is a more extensive network). We took this one stop (it cost is 130 yen each or a little under a dollar each- you pay based ...

... an eye mask, lotion, face mist, earplugs and several other little goodies. As for the food, it was really, really good. We chose the traditional Japanese meal, which included hors d'oeuvres, a tray of appetizers that was almost a meal in itself (with IKURA, if you can believe that!), a delicious salmon main course, a cheese course and finally dessert, for those who were still able to eat anything. As for drinks, we were offered ...

Nov 19 to Nov 21 of 2005 WEll...I really can't wait to come home now. Certain things have come up which make me want to be home even more. Only 12 more days and I can hug my parents and cuddle with my dogs.In the mean time, here are the Kyoto pictures as I promised I would put up. Laeticia, the Alt from France, and I went on a short ...