First Post! The post that hurts the most!

January 14th 2010

Today some boring stuff happened, then some good stuff happened:

5:30am - Arose from our slumber at the Sydney Formule 1 hotel near the airport.
6:25am - Took shuttle bus to Sydney International Airport
9:30am - JAL plane left Sydney with us on it.

The flight was actually really fun! I was a bit worried because I have a strange ear at the moment, but it didn't hurt at all and the staff were lovely and it was smooth. We were upgraded to Premium Economy! There was a huge school group in Economy so they bumped us up.

We took the Narita Express to Shinjuku. It took about 1.5 hours. On the way, we met another couple who were staying at our hotel, so we decided to go together. From Shinjuku station we had to take the Maruionchi line two stops down to another station in Shinjuku. We walked SO FAR and carried our cases up and down lots of stairs. Tiring! It was cold too, but I found that really nice after 39 degrees at home.

Our hotel room is super tiny, but sweet and pretty. We went out to dinner with our new-found friends at a don restaurant around the corner. They are from America, and the time difference meant that it was 7am at their home when we were eating dinner. A strange breakfast. Charles had Katsu-don, and I had a grilled fish dish with lots of side dishes. I ate so much. The guy serving us was really nice and tried to talk to us in English. I told him that he was skilled at speaking English (in Japanese). He denied it, and told me that I was the skilled one. Then I told him his food was delicious. Win!

We bought some chocolates at AM/PM convenience store - "Melty Kiss". We're both super tired but so happy! We remember why we like Japan now! It's fun!