Yokohama Royal Hotel

We had the day off from classes today.... But had to get up for a group photo at 8am. I get to sleep in longer on class days! I rolled out of bed in time for the picture and then stopped by the nurse's station to pick up an antibiotic since I have a sinus infection that won't go away. Afterwards I got back in bed and slept till I had to get up for the Clemson ...

... a nechali tam nejake veci. Inak je mozne, ze by sa nam ziadne miesto uz neuslo. Vypadalo to, ze ludi bude naozaj dost, ale kolko, to sme netusili, az kym sme sa nedostali dva boly od parku. Prejst tie dve ulice nam trvalo asi pol hodinu a to sme boli radi, ze sme sa dostali do parku. Par minut za nami zavreli branu, pretoze mnozstvo ludi zrejme uz prekracovalo nejake japonske bezpecnostne limity... Nieco zhruba okolo hodiny pred ...

Well, we've been here over a week now, and we're not sick of it yet. Actually, I don't think we could get sick of Japan that easily. Yesterday, after working on our material at the house we went to the office and over the course of an hour we received a crash course in teaching english by Becky, our gracious host for the last week and the week we're going into. We were given methods, teaching aids and ideas and I think we both got excited by the prospect of the teaching we ...

... Om al mijn vragen beantwoord te krijgen kan ik niets zien van Tokyo en zal ik mij de hele dag achter het internet moeten begeven; zij die niets te doen hebben op hun werk in Nederland zijn dan ook meer dan welkom om eea te googelen ;-) De plannen voor morgen? Op zoek naar een Shabu Shabu restaurant (ofwel Habiwabi-restaurant), het WAAROM van het Japanse toetsenbord ontdekken en nog veel meer avonturen beleven. Maar: WAAROM plannen? Tokyo is vooralsnog onvoorspelbaar.

... I would be touring with my dad at engine fully firing along the newly opened Tokyo-Niigata motorway". The influence of my dad was evident. He has several mistresses in the form of motorbikes. Along the Tokyo-Niigata highway is my parents' hometown. So I was trying to be a good son wont to cherish those 'father-and-son' moments. I was also trying to be good to my future family. I proclaimed "I would also have a car ...

... literally across the street from the new Olympic Village so there was a lot of construction going on despite the fact that it was nearly 11pm. She lives on the fifth floor of her building and there is no elevator, so we had to haul all of our luggage up the stairs. We met her wonderful mother and we were so relieved to have finally arrived. After at least 28 hours without sleep, we both really wanted to pass out, but we drank tea with her parents for a little while before we crashed.

... Helena's having her first kotasu experience. (A coffee table with a lamp under it to keep you warm)... and I want to try out the massage machine. But, just wanted to let you know we were alive and all was well. Still trying to decide what to do about Thailand, and not hearing from my travel agent isn't really helping. I wish people would remember word of mouth and continued service if they want people to recommend them.

... opportunity. And then the van cranked up its engine and drove up! We couldn't believe it. As we took the photo, this good-deeder made his way back to us, and asked to see the image in our camera. We showed him, and he nodded and smiled approvingly. He explained that photography was a hobby of his, and he had some time to kill while waiting to meet a friend in the park. What better pastime than to aid tourists in acquiring nice memories of Japan! This ...

... this afternoon followed by the theme song for "Sesame Street.") The train station's about a 3-minute walk to the Tokyo Dome. The Japanese baseball hall of fame is also located at the Big Egg, which opened in 1988. About 5 hours after the last pitch, I can still hear the clapping and cheering and support-the-team-like-it's-the-last-gam e-ever mentality of the Ham Fighters and Mariners' fans. And that's what I realize makes this a special place to see baseball.

... 2 Dutch redbrick warehouses dating from 1911 and now house a very smart and classy shopping complex. There were loads of cool shops in there, selling cute French trinkets so we spent quite a time poring over those. After that, we went and had pizza in another complex and then went back to the station to come back to Tokyo. I was still really tired, so I came and crashed for the afternoon!