Hotel Sun City Chiba

... and as he signed he asked her where she was from. “Um…..Seattle,” she said with just a little hesitation. No doubt Peter was friends with many people from Orlando and has likely spent a great deal of his time there (wink, wink.) Sometimes it’s best not to bother the characters and just let them do their jobs.

More to come on the last couple of days in Tokyo, including sleep, baseball, laziness, sightseeing, and sleep.

... happened on the four hours we had in Vienna we met a Japanese girl and talked to her a lot she is working and living in Italy making amazing works with natural stones and she invited us to see her exhibition on december she was so nice! of course we met miki &vered a couple of times [= after that we had the longest flight the food was good ,we set next to a japnese that didnt speak english ...

... to cele vlastne nebolo robene pre mna. Ani novy Resident Evil mi nic nehovoril a len sme presli okolo. A myslim, ze to nebolo len vekom. Koniec koncov, boli tam chlapici, ktori mali daleko po patdesiatke. Co sa tykaa bodov za ucast, tiez ziadna slava. Prisiel, videl, prehral. No co uz, ved niekto musi byt aj posledny, nie? Hlavne, ze videl, pretoze sa bolo na co pozerat. Teraz uz ale nemyslim hry. Esteze mam taku tolerantnu manzelku. Dakujem.

... t cheap in Japan. I found a hostel that was affordable, but it had so many rules, including a curfew and lights out at 11pm, a 7am wake-up call with a loudspeaker and you have to be out of the hostel between 9.30am and 3pm. There was even a set time that you could shower, although I got away with ignoring this one. So obviously there was no late night partying for me and the people staying there weren't exactly the most exciting people. But I did ...

... was completed. There is a small shrine in the garden dedicated to Fukurokuju, the Chinese deity of Good Luck, Fortune and Long Life. Out of Hyakkaen we spotted this baby (doll) in a glass case (see the pictures). We figured they probably were not selling babies there, but we had to walk around the corner to find out that the place is actually for maternity yoga and baby massage courses. Ah well, at least it is an eye catching display! On ...

... in someone's life here doing it. Many new friends and old friends have made my time here go very quickly. I was telling Jeff the other night how blessed I am that I have people in two countries who I love and who love me. It's an amazing life God has allowed me to live. I hope that I am using my days to make a difference for good in others' lives. You have ALL had a hand in making my life what it is and I love you for it. Have a great 2008!

... We got back to the hotel at a good time and got packed up. That was an undertaking because we had bought a few things, so I went through each suitcase and repacked it so everything would fit. We came with 7 bags, with extra room for just this reason. One of the running jokes throughout the trip was about how many bags we had brought with us! But it worked out in the end. We watched a little bit of Japanese t.v. (gameshows mostly) and then went to bed. ZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

... you haven't heard of these, they are the little 'rooms' just large enough for one person to lie down in, designed for drunken businessmen who have missed the last train home. We are fortunate in that one of the only capsule hotels in the country (and therefore the world) that allows women is located just across the river from our hostel, so we book in for one night. The guy at reception speaks no English (foreigners ...

... it was HUGE. We ended the day in the perfect was with a late night visit 12pm to 1am to the hot baths...it was great after a hot, humid day....pure bliss siting in the outside baths under the waterfall. Matt was game enough to even try the electrified section. No MRI safety checks just a sign that you could die if you have a pacemaker! Sounds like torture?? Well I think he enjoyed it. DAY 4: Shizuoka -> Ofuna -> Kamakura -> Tokyo On the way to Kamakura, we had ...

... Friday, and then leave for Kyoto on the Shinkasen (bullet train) on Saturday for a few days. Weird Japanese Things: Some toilets include a button that makes a fake flushing sound in addition to a real flush, shower and bidet button. And the toilet in our apartment has a sink on top that runs every time you flush. There are people behind the subway station vending machines. When someone has a question, they knock on a 9 x 12 panel located on the front of the machine ...