Not a long blog today. I've had an extremely long and rough day with work and am now getting back to my room at almost 9pm from work and dinner. I did try octopus tonight... not very good. Luckily they have rice at every meal so I can usually get my fill or rice in cases where everything else doesn't seem to suffice.
Work is challenging but I'll get through it. I always do. Not sure if I'll be able to leave Saturday as was planned or not. We'll have to see how the next couple of days go. I do have a gorgeous view tonight out my window and it's been rather nice outside when we walk to work from our subway. One thing I discussed with Shibai-san was how the US does not have a very good train system for traveling around the country. You can get anywhere in Japan by train.... as is most travel in Europe it seems. In the US we rely very heavily on cars and this past time taking the subway is actually pretty convenient and very inexpensive considering the alternative.
I had a rather unusual lunch. We ate as a team in the cafeteria and most of the conversation was in Japanese.... actually probably 99% of it. I politely ate and enjoyed the company even though I had no idea what was discussed. Japanese is a very fast language when spoken in my opinion.
Oh, and driving here is so much better than it was in China. They do drive on the left side of the road though as was the case in Hong Kong. I'm used to that after my two trips to Ireland.
Have a great Wednesday! I did not win my ebay auction so I'm on to the next auction.....
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Good to see you are trying some Japanese food! Make sure you get to at least a few of the temples and definitely hit a 7-11 for the best candy selection you've ever seen. Have you seen a Geisha yet? Just walk around the Gion district. Try to find a resturaunt where the hostess speaks english. Generally they speak enough that you can order food. :)
Claire
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