Hotel Sky Court Narita

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 . . .

... I misunderstood &#8211; so I waited. Then a few minutes before we would have gone out they repeated the request and were quite adamant that I get dressed in my entire costume, wig/beard and all so I did. As soon as I was dressed, they thanked me and said to get out of costume! I have to admit that the ...

... old and new faces. Our Japanese friends are always surprised when we remember them. Already the lines are approaching 3 and a half hours wait time&#8230;that will only increase as the season goes on.<br><br>After work the other guys, and one of the ladies joined me for dinner with the Mano family. Those of you who have followed my adventures in years past know that they have a restaurant on the first floor of their home. They serve Shabu ...

... padding is only used when the young boys (face-characters) play Santa in the parade. They took the pads out and, WOW, it was so much better.<br><br>The exciting part came after work! We we to the 100 Yen store (like our 99 cent store but better stuff!). I love the store and love to find things to decorate my apartment and stuff to fill my kitchen drawers and cupboards. Today I&#8217;m going back!<br><br>More later . . .

<br><br><br>A brief stop in Narita Airport brought back memories of our previous life in Japan. For me it will always be uniquely foreign and at the same time familiar. Going straight to the free samples of $1400 bottles ...

... 30 minutes there, and then departed on our train to Tokyo. We made it to Tokyo Station in another three hours. Once there, we had to determine our way to our hotel in Narita. An ex-colleague of Eve's had booked us a room at the Mercure Hotel in Narita. Our little problem was that the directions on this hotel's website were a little vague, so we weren't entirely sure where we were to get off the train. We jumped onto a JR train and headed toward Narita ...