Tokyo Trip

Hey Yall! How are you? We are doing good. At about 9am this morning we arrived back from our trip to Tokyo. The trip was good, although the trip home sure made it difficult. We were postponed till about 8pm in tokyo before we left for home which is 2-3 hours away depending on what train you take, there is the really fast ones which make it 2 and then the local slower ones which make it 3 or so. We took the fast one for the first part so we could catch the second part before there last train left...and ended up missing it anyway. WHile we were upgrading our first half of the trip into a express ticket I left our shopping bag full of our new stuff on the ticket counter. I realized once we were on the train. It was hard because it was about 200 dollars worth of stuff....fortunately we were blessed to be able to someone find it and they are sending it to us now. So, because we missed the last train for the last hour of our trip we had to stay in Takasaki for about 7 hours...so we tried tof ind a hotel but they were all 90 dollars or so, and we didnt want to spend any more $. So....we walked around for quite awhile, we actually slept on some city benches for the first time. ( lol, fun fun!) At around 230am we found a 24 hr restraunt that had unlimited beverages for 4 dollars, so we played SOS and hangman for a few hours. haha, so it was quite the experience. We took the first train back home here to minakami at 614 and ended up getting home at 9 after our walk from the station. It was neat, but we were sure tired and we slept most of the day. We are still tired though and will be heading off to bed here right away again! Tokyo was great, although we could of spent more time there. It seemed a bit rushed because we seen so many things. Travis was able to spend an afternoon watching sumo, i watched for a bit but didn:t keep super interested. We also went and seen Cirque du soleil which was absolutely amazing. It was about 2 hours and the performance was second to none. They had a tall gov`t building which was nice, and some museums that we enjoyed. I can:t believe how many ppl are everywhere...especially when you go shopping! Whew!Tokyo has the most amazing electric streets with the big screens and electronic stores. We have many pictures and once we find wireless we will put some up. We would like to go back because there is so much more to see. We stayed in a hostel which was good, it was small but comfy....well unless you had a floor bed...those can be hard. We bought a external hard drive for our computer so we wil be able to put our pictures and videos on that...which will free up a ton of space on our pc and hopefully make it faster. It is so tempting to buy a laptop here as they are at great prices. As for work, the company is a bit slow here, we sure were hoping for steady work but we are happy for the opportunity. We have met some great people, and they are from all over the world. Kiwis, Aussies, many!English classes are going ok, but many are cancelled if ppl are tired or busy at the last moment, so it is difficult to have it go smoothly. But it is an experience as well! Travis` birthday is right away, and I hope to make it a happy day for him here. Too bad we can:t have a big old family and friends ho-down together...lol. The summer is finally in full bloom here, all the trees are green and many afternoons are hot. When it is a bit cloudy it feels very humid. The rain is amazing as well, it either mists ...which is quite pretty and makes a person confused,lol. It is as being in a cloud, and it looks as if you would stay dry but you get soaked without thinking you would. Sometimes the clouds open up in a second...with terrantial rains. The roofs just thunder and there is no more quiet. I love it. Anyway, travis has gone to crash and so Id better tag along! I will try and put more details of our trip up on the blog.... Let us know how your part of the world is! We miss you all! Much love!Sam