Extended Stay Deluxe Seattle - Bothell

... of either being confused or constantly having your nose in that English-Japanese dictionary (or electronic hand held translator). Knowing Katakana and some Kanji will be useful, too. If you come across Katakana, just try and sound it out, if it sounds like something in English (orenji, for example) it's a good bet that that is what it is (orange). You can get flash cards in many bookstores, or online (a good one for ...

... wanted my first name, I was a little confused, but we got in. She handcuffed Chris and I together and lead us to our "table". The table looked like it was carved into the faux-cememnt wall. The whole thing had a "decrepit prison" feel too it, the walls had missing patches with barbs in them and it was very dimly lit. The chairs were really tall and the tables were pretty narrow, but there was a basket on the ground under the table where you could put ...

... Wave, 5-17-13 Shinjuku. The phone number's (03)5287-2426. Open 5pm -5am (5-11 Mondays). Reservation required. Go to www.ug-gu.co.jp if you can read Japanese! Reservations can be made online (good luck with that...) *Elephant Cafe: Very nice Asian theme going on there. Located at 5F The Prime, Dogenzaka, Shibuyaku. The phone number's (03)3463-0220. Open 5pm-5am (5pm-11pm Mon) or there's one located in Jingumae (the address I ...

... kanji you can make a reservation on-line. *Ninja-Akasaka Tokyo: A ninja themed restaurant located in Akasaka Tokyu Plaza 1F, 2-14-3 Nagata-cho, Chiyodaku Tokyo. Budget about $60 a head (food and drinks), we wound up spending about $130 and we were ordering whatever we wanted. Sneaky ninja waiters, edible banzai trees, and secret passageways all come together to make a mysteriously satisfying meal. The phone number is (03)5157 ...

... two birds with one stone as the library happened to be virtually the only thing that Donna liked about Vancouver! I returned to Seattle after my few days in Vancouver, the place where it all started seven weeks prior. The time had certainly flown by, and I'd had an amazing time, but I was quite content to be going home - I'd fulfilled all my ambitions for this trip, and I had a whole lot of memories to take with me..............

After a busy evening of final packing, shopping and searching for all the essentials, I drove Patrick to my place to crash at around 1:30am.  A refreshing 2 hours of sleep later, I got up and caffeinated and picked up Nathan and Valerie so we could hop a taxi-van to SeaTac at 5am.  The American Airline cancellations didn't effect us, so we had an ample 2 hours to relax in the terminal with a coffee, muffin, and Wendy's hamburgers.  To each his own ...

... games and ride rides (like the fair!). There's a theater, boat ride, and restaurants, to name a few attractions. The official website is in English and is very easy to navigate: www.puroland.co.jp Getting there by train from Shinjuku Station: Keio Line (40 min.). Take Rapid Bound for Hashimoto, get off at the Tama Center Station. 5 minute walk to Puroland (can't miss it, it's huge and there's signs ...

... of the World (I was on a Winchester jag at the time), the idea of spending more time in China started to take hold. At the same time, the dollar was plummeting against every currency in the world except the yuan, and while the company is paying my salary for three months, they're not paying for my trip, and I didn't want to take out a second mortgage for a vacation, not even for a really long vacation. I'm not sure what the tipping point was, but in January or February ...

... to people with clipboards and lists of names. Why would people write down their names and donations? It was too fishy. Thailand also has many scam artists around the tourist sites. A favorite of theirs is to say that the site is closed but they can take you in their taxi to another site. The site isn't closed. They are open every day. If an entrance is closed it just means it is a private entrance. They will get you in the cab ...

... squalling baby for screaming two-year old. I kept crying too. Then it was over. We were on the ground. I can bear anything now, I said to myself. Anything. I'm almost HOME. I found a cart by the baggage carousel, retrieved fancy-schmancy in no time, wheeled my way to the correct floor, the right spot in the garage, checked in with Shuttle Express. Driver stashed my luggage in the van. So ...