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Aankomst in Japan
... Ook vandaag vonden we Mount Fuji enkel terug op de postkaartjes in de souvenirwinkeltjes. Het was nog altijd bewolkt, met af en toe een beetje regen. Maar dit weerhield ons niet om toch een wandeling te maken naar het uitkijkpunt. We zagen weliswaar Mt Fuji niet, maar hadden wel een mooi zicht op het meer van Kawaguchiko. Morgen maken we ons klaar om met de bus en daarna de Bullet trein (Shinkansen zoals ze dit hier noemen) ...
Just laying over
Just doing a lay over in Narita airport. I'm actually a little bummed I didn't stay a few days here, oh well. Next trip!
PS: Bathrooms were nice and clean!
PSS: I saw Ponch from CHiPs at LAX. You know? That cop show from the 80's. Erik Estrada? He was on the way to Atlanta though.
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9 times in Japan, still haven't left the airport
My flight from Los Angeles to Singapore is aboard an A380, the enormous double decker from Airbus. We are just 2 weeks shy of the 5th anniversary of the first commercial A380 flight, on Singapore Airlines. So they are strutting their stuff about it. I have to say, it was a VERY nice ride - comfortable seats, good food, tons of choices for entertainment ...
Mt Fuji & Rollercoasters
I woke up to a swelteringly hot room. The air con seems pretty redundant. The view of Mt Fuji out of the window is fantastic. It seems to loom out over the whole town like the alien landing site in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. We had a lavish breakfast with lots of different this and that, but it didn't sit quite as well as the dinner. Sometimes you just want bacon and sausage! We made the bus trip up too the 5th Station of Mt Fuji at 2,305m. The air is ...
My greatest enemy is my inner me
... update:
-Starting work at my new Learning Studio this Monday (looking forward to it)
-Going to a traditional Japanese concert tomorrow
-Got my first client for private English lessons (with the possibility of more)
jp010: Seiza - SAY-ZAH = sitting in the traditional Japanese kneeling position. If you ever practice Judo or meditation you'll be sitting in that position A LOT!
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