Hey everyone! I wanted to do an update of our vacation while I had the chance. Lets start with getting to Japan. Mom drove Sarah and I to LAX, no real problems. We get to the terminal for Korean Air, check in and head to security. Almost no line, and it seemed much more lax (no pun intended) then our normal domestic flight. We get to our gate, and notice no fast food. Only 1 sandwich shop. We ended up eating peanut butter and crackers, cheez-its, nutter butters, and ritz cheese and crackers. We boarded our flight, (sitting next to each other!) and we were off!
No one had the window seat, so we spread out among the 3 seats. We quickly learned english was no longer the primary form of communication, as all announcements were made in Korean, some were periodically translated into Japanese and English (hopefully we didn't miss anything important). Our first meal was curry (I think). No good for us, but the bread was yummy. They later came around and passed more bread out. I was stoked. But then there was something in the middle, so Sarah tried it. Then we turned the light on to find out it was meat. On to dinner where Sarah had chicken and I had pasta. Yummy! Also, the plane has great entertainment! A TV for everyone where you can pick from lots of movies, games, CD's and more! Enough about the plane.
We land, and were greeted by someone who got us a car, and we reached our hotel (after some traffic). We settled in, ate Italian at a restaurant at an hotel next to ours, and retired for the night (I was in bed by 7!).
The next day we were off on our tour. We saw the Tokyo Tower, the Imperial Plaza and some sort of Buuhist Shrine and shopping area. Our tour then ended and took us to a JR station, which our tour guide also had to take and explained how it worked. Then we were on our own. We went to Shibuya, which was amazing! TONS of people, and lots of shopping. We had lunch at McDonalds and I don't want to talk about dinner. We stayed until evening, then came back to the room, exhausted.
The next day it was off to Nikko, where we saw a shrine, visited a lake, and saw 1 of the 3 most popular waterfalls. We left for our tour at 9 and didn't get back until 7:15! We sat in lots of traffic. I enjoyed the sights while on our bus.
Let me tell you, we can't believe how big the city is. Everywhere you look is just more city! It is incredible. And traveling on the JR is awesome! Although, it stresses me out we may get lost, I really enjoy it. That is all for tonight, I got some post cards to write, enjoy the pics for now!!!!
How cool! I can't wait to hear more! Hooray for not starving to death!!!
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