As Virginia mentioned, we arrived with a warm welcome and after declining food on the flight from Tokyo. We were delighted when we were given food for the drive to our hotel.Β There was an amazing assortment of fruit which I had never seen before (and I have had plenty of those types since!) The bed after the long flight when I was finally able to get in it was like heaven. It’s amazing how much a person can ache after sitting and doing nothing!
Sleep has been hit and miss since. I assume it’s all part of jet lag. After the first night and waking up at 5am I had a skype call with my folks and then Allison P and I went for a little adventure…. We both attempted to swim (pool was way to cold!) and ended up in a hot tub, steam room and sauna before we met the crowd for breakfast. Life is tough eh!
The next night sleep was more successful, and the following day we had an hour long foot massage and acupuncture which Allison already mentioned in a post.
During this time I was staying with my host family Attorney and Judge (they name based on occupation) and they were absolutely delightful! Very sweet, king and generous people. Seems to be the only type of people we have met since we arrived!
Since then we have poked around shops, went to a couple of museums, the most amazing city hall, a couple of temples, a lot of eating, an impromptu saxophone concert, a massive night market, the police station,Β etc. Today we saw a tree that was 1121 years old!! Wild!!!
Mom told me to write so hopefully in between all of our activities I’ll get another chance to go into more detail. Life is good in Asia though… I’m having a great time! π
Did I mention it was 29 and sunny today π
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