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... t produce more complex grammar quickly enough to prove that I wasn't just another ignorant foreigner. I don't think this is a common experience, but it was no less disheartening that the very idea of my effort was somehow humorous--the impression was not kind or jovial, but more critical and condescending. That, and being ogled for long periods of time by less-than-savory individuals (note: this is not the "hey, a blonde person" ogle) was not exactly awe ...

... it's like a 7 minute walk but I guess I could also ride a bike. What I was really thinking was how I was going to ride it to the station, which is about a 25 minute walk from my place. When I left school to go down to get the bike, I could not for the life of me figure out how to get the kickstand to go up. So back up to the lab I went to find someone to show me how to work the bike. Someone came down and showed me how to ...

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... for the Shakespeare Festival where we saw Othello. No fine dining experience this night since we just made it in time to get checked in to our hotel and take the short walk over to the theater. Dinner was beer for me, wine for the spouse, and a bag of popcorn and Odwallah bars for each. I expect that Ashland would be a nice town to visit during the day when the town folk are dressed in Shakespeare period costumes, but we were due in San Francisco for a dinner ...

... we decided to give it a miss. Right, was only meant to be a qick jot to let you know we were still alive but we'll write again soon when we have a bit more of interest to share with you and who knows, maybe a few photos whilst I still have the camera. (oops never mentioned the 2 new books, umberella and city map that we have managed to lose thus far). OK - speak soon guys. love Jo and Andy

... been putting it off...not because I didn't want to go...but because I wanted to go when it was busy and experience the organised chaos of rush hour and perhaps catch a glimpse of the people pushers (people who are employed to push people onto trains...like sardines). Another note about Shinjuku station is that it's absolutely massive. There are more than 12 exits and if you get lost, you could walk a long, long way. So far in fact that there are airport ...

Nick - So, here we are, Japan! We arrived after a good eighteen hours of travel and managed to find our way to the hotel with relatively few problems considering how little sleep we had managed to get and how crazy the train and subway maps initially appeared in all their Japanese glory. We got to the hotel about 9am and found that we could not actually check into the room until 1pm. Some sleep would have been nice but we decided to plow on a go ...

... and I was able to help set up the mats and do the ritual warm-ups with the kids. Momo led the warm-ups, which was really cool. Everyone seemed to accept me right away, even though I stood out like a sore thumb!! I look totally un-Japanese, of course, and I wasn't wearing the right clothes either! But everyone seemed to like me being there. During the warm-ups, a little girl came and knelt right next to me to help show me how to stretch my hands ...

... we ate at Yoshinoya, a chain restaurant famous for cheap beef dishes, cheap prior to the import bans that is. Gathering our bags and checking out of the hostel we headed to Shinjuku, where we would be catching the night-bus back around 11pm. Shinjuku was amazing. It is what I would describe as Tokyo's Manhattan, with towering Skyscrapers and undulating seas of people. While the rest of the gang camped out on the second floor of a McDonalds, Mark and I ...

... secured, we head to Tokyo station, step outside and walk the short distance to see the walls of the Imperial Palace. We spend some time resting at the water fountain park nearby and watch dusk come over the city. Back to the trains again and head to the neighborhood of Shibuya which is refered to as the Times Square of Tokyo. We are not dissapointed. This is the Tokyo we think of from the movies: hundreds of people crossing the street at every light change and ...