Nikko Winds Narita

... during our work week)<br><br>So on my day off I thought it would be fun to make Boeuf Bourguignon and Poudin Alsacien for dinner. I shopped and found the ingredients and made a delicious Julia Child's meal for the guys, complete with garlic mashed potatoes. I think it turned out quite well &#8211; check out the pictures and let me know what you think!<br><br>More later . . .

... 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 . . .

... is just how she wrote it:<br><br>Dear Mr. Santa Claus<br><br> <br><br>Hello, I am Keiko.<br><br> Came to your greet since 2006.<br><br>I look forward to you and Duffy&#8217;s greeting this year!<br><br> Christmas is my favorit season<br><br>Because, Mr. Santa claus give me gift of kind and happy time.<br ...

... of sesame, if you can imagine!). These sauces flavor and cool down your veggies and meat. It&#8217;s delicious and great fun to do with friends.<br><br>We had a great time visiting with the Mano family and they seemed thrilled to have us come to see them and eat at their restaurant. Check out the pictures!<br><br>Tomorrow promises a big rain storm&#8230;who knows if we will get to go out or not, I&#8217;ll let you know!<br><br>More later . . .

... Oh my goodness, NO! We were all three sweating in all that padding. It was almost funny, except that we were thinking that we were going to have to wear them all the time. I mentioned to our translator that we had never used them before, she relayed the message and the costumers &#8220;convened.&#8221; Lots of fast talking and looking at us and discussing (I wish I spoke better Japanese!!) They finally realized that ...

... my friends.<br><br>We stayed at a lovely little Ryokan (they have brochures at the airport) called Oghiya. As I was the only girl I was kindly given a great room in the top of the house with a tatmi mat sleeping area but also a little western style living room with a sofa and t.v and my own bathroom since the main one was communal. Cotton yukata (like a bathrobe) were provided in the room and so, after an epically nice bath (you scrub and rinse down totally in a ...

So, the spring semester in Beijing is over and it&#8217;s time to hit the road again. How do I feel about it then? Well, after the rather boring winter and spring months, my stay started to feel like &#8220;studying&#8221; in exchange should be (I mean more good parties, travelling around, less studying etc). One of my favourite things was also our Finnish-Japanese-English-Australian-Isr aeli-German football team and its ...

... it was that Gus was taking me and my pack kept feeling heavier and heavier. All of a sudden (after 20mins of "aimless" walking) I noticed the sign next to me which said 2.3km --&gt;. I asked Angus what that was all about and "oh yeah, we are going to walk to the top of Mt Misen".....uh... WHAT! I mean, I have walked Mt Warning a number of times and I truly love it - and it is twice the length HOWEVER I normally do not have 5 days worth of stuff hanging off my back, and have ...

... except my vegemite. We were waved through with no quesions which was surprising. We travelled through two sliding doors and all of a sudden Yumi was there with her parents. It was all very quick. Her mum and dad were so nice - hugged us - and helped us with our many bags. They cant speak a full sentence of english - but seemed to gather i could interpret sorts of pointing gestures. We walked towards the car park. there were sooo many escalators i would have ...

I got out of customs in one piece and am now sitting on the bus I had feared I wouldn't miss. I am pretty exhausted and am pretty sure that I will sleep through this one finally. I haven't got more than an hour of sleep since before leaving Seattle almost 24 hours ago! the bus is on the expressway and the sun is just setting- lighting up the sky a pinky gold color. What a ...