Chatelet Inn Yokohama

... die osteuropaeischen laender gezeigt haben das es auch mit kleinem geld anders geht.

Ansosnten bin ich ganz happy...sauber, sauber, rein...meine ewig alten wunden heilen, mein 1 monats durchfall wird langsam besser (dachte schon es waere cholera), das essen ist sauber und ueberall saubere toiletten mit geheiztem deckel, parfuem, bidet, hinterndusche und nem kindersitz.

Bei toiletten macht denen keiner was vor.

... and a large bowl of rice filled me up nicely. Imagine my surprise then when I read the bill and it was $5.20 for my meal. Veronica ordered a tempura and udon noodle set, which was far more expensive at nearly $8. All up our 4 meals came to about $17, as the girls only had rice and some of Veronica's huge bowl of noodles. As we were leaving the food complex, I noticed something I hadn't noticed before, a seafood restaurant. Veronica pointed out a ...

... decided it wasn't worth the fiver to travel in a fast glass elevator (especially after lunch!) Dee loves ...

... it not yet released, and many of the items are interactive and free to use. They have phenomenal stuff, beautiful looking laptops, a strange robotic MP3 player called Rolly, cameras to make you drool (ok, they made me drool)... fortunately or unfortunately for gear-heads, many electronics in Japan are sold with only Japanese writing/instructions, and warranties are not international. Other areas we visited were the Tsujiki (spelling ...

... name and phone number. I sensed that this was a ritual that all visitors had no choice but to oblige. I complied with her request. "I still want to go out", Mr S told us. "Are you keen to come?", he asked. "Why not", I responded. Besides us was the woman, she told me "Please make sure he gets back here by 8 pm, latest". We went out. "Please bring him back by 8, latest", she pressed on that point again ...

Saturday! Happy 26th Birthday Lisa! [My childhood best friend] Awake. Maybe 7:30AM? I really need a watch!! I journaled for a bit while waiting for my wake-up knock. Finally it came and I quickly took a wonderfully refreshing shower. I LOVE water pressure!! Finished packing and I went across the street at 8:40AM to the 24-hour Korean internet cafe to check my email one last time for any updates from Jenna about Japan or from family ...

... My neighbour, Mrs Asakawa, thinks that I am odd because I am having a chat with her. She thinks that people of my age group only talk with their small circles of friends and on the mobile phone, and cajoled me to chat up with beautiful young girls instead so that I can stop the population of Japan from declining. And those cops on mopeds and bikes! They are everywhere. I can't stand their sight. They arouse paranoia in me! My parents are reasonably ...

... and exactly the kind of simple dinner we were hoping for. I got a Katsu pork/chicken-ish dinner (Fried cutlets), and Amy went with some kind of a chicken stir-fry. Heaven for both. Then to top of our ever exciting day, we got a sake juice-box, went to Amy's room, ate our dinner and "juice", and played another few rounds of ...you guessed it...Boggle! Good night, indeed! SIDE NOTE: I think we may need a Boggle intervention when we get home.

... the actual pass. We had some 20 minutes before our train came by and so we went to Starbucks to chill for a bit. Got stopped by this security guard that wanted to check our identification (one foreigner is suspicious enough...but TWO? Scary...). Nick's Japanese is quite decent and he was giving the guard the information he needed. The gard said the word "koibito" and was pointing to the both of us. THAT word I had heard before. He was asking us if we were LOVERS! LOL! That's ...

... bar was empty. Either way we made the most of the cheaper drinks and watched Jackass on the TV. It picked up somewhat during the hour we were there, but a couple of girls playing Jenga isn't what you expect in a bar with such a dodgy reputation. As it was quiet we chatted to the bar staff for a bit. One guy was Canadian and informed us the club was run by the Yakuza, as were pretty much all the others! Come 9:30 the happy hour was over ...