- All men have suits and ties, and they must work late as they seem to go out after work when we have dinner at 7pm or later
- All they drink is Suntory drinks, whiskey and soda with lemon seems to be THE drink. Stephen really didnt like it which means it must be pretty bad.
- Everyone is really friendly and polite, I feel a bit like the clumsy, big, rude european chick that leaves a mess behind and wears runners instead of nice little heels with sparkly things on.
- It is not at all as expensive as I thought, maybe because we are not paying the flights here... But still, it is not as expensive as I thought.
- There are shrines and temples everywhere and the city is very nice and clean, no litter but also no bins, strange...
- We got an umbrella when we left tonights restaurant, very nice of them, again they are very polite!
- You can go everywhere you possibly want either with train or subway = very good organisation. Maybe not the best signage but good enough to find your way if your sense of direction is somewhat accurate (and not like mine, but thats when Stephen comes in handy =)
tisdag 27 april 2010
Day 3, final Tokyo impressions
Ok, this is what Tokyo is for me:
måndag 26 april 2010
Omega 3 intake - tick
Tonight we had sushi for dinner, it was very nice but it kind of all taste the same, with the difference of wasabi or no wasabi.
We spent the day going to Karakuma which is an hour south of Tokyo I think, by the sea. There we saw the big Buddha statue and walked and walked and walked! My feet are kind of sore...
And, believe it or not, I still havent bought anything apart from food and drinks. Nothing, zero, nada! I am sure mum and dad and my brother will be very impressed with that!
It is a bit weird writing in English, as if I am writing for a whole new audience that doesn't know me and I have to kind of introduce myself again.
Anyway, here are some photos of today's outing. I have also found a pattern of a scarf, or shawl if you like, that I am gonna knit from the alpaca yarn that I bought somewhere in the vicinity of Stansbury on York Peninsula when we went there with Stephens parents before we left Australia. A bit sad maybe that I look for knitting patterns while on holiday in Japan but I just happened to check in on one of the blogs I follow, in swedish I'm afrain and mainly about knitting, and there it was and I knew straight away that this is the one for my alpaca yarn!
Anyway again, here are the photos =)
The beach in Kamakura, a bit smoggy and not at all as nice as it could have been.
The sky was full of these birds, hawks as you can see on the next picture...
BEWARE OF HAWKS! We actually saw some of them swop down for food or whatever it was, not sure if the people nearby tried to feed them or not but it looked a bit scary.
The big Buddha, Daibutsu, a nice little walk from the train station in Kamakura. Full of (annoying, screaming, running around, little japanese) school kids and other tourists (like the group of scary German "Women on wheels" bikers who didnt look very much like women at all). The Buddha was built in 1252 to 1262 which is kind of impressive.
Continuing the nice little walk up and down and climbing over tree roots, plenty of exercise for us both and I thought it would never end =)
The view from on top of the hill over the beach we were walking along earlier in the day! It was quite a little hike we did.
A hidden away cemetery at the end of the hike which we didn't expect to see, a nice little surprise, very beautiful spot and peace and quiet. I almost felt like an intruder. The Japanese are very spiritual with shrines and temples everywhere.
Stephen with a well deserved beer with lunch after the long walk, I was trying to be japanese and had buckwheat tea to drink, mmmm... not, it tasted like it was good for me :/ I had a sip of Stepens beer and it was soooo nice! Apart from the beer drinking we have been very healthy eaters here, not counting the McDonalds brekkie. Or the potato chips. Or the donut with the Starbucks coffee. By the way there is a bloody Starbucks in every corner of every street here, incredible! But you don't see anyone with take away coffee apart from us. Maybe because there are no bins anywhere to throw away the bloody cup so you have to carry it around for ages. And no litter either which is interesting since there are no bins... And people dont talk in their mobile phones on the subway, there is a little lady in the speakers asking people not to because it is annoying for the people around. Today we saw a lady talking on her phone on the train and she was whispering and covering up her mouth not to annoy the people around her. Strange. But still they all sit with their mobiles and play with them, read the news or chat or play games or something. Pretty much all mobiles are the big flip style ones with lots of little charms hanging and dangling.
Thats all for todays update, ended up being a big one, now it is time for bed!
We spent the day going to Karakuma which is an hour south of Tokyo I think, by the sea. There we saw the big Buddha statue and walked and walked and walked! My feet are kind of sore...
And, believe it or not, I still havent bought anything apart from food and drinks. Nothing, zero, nada! I am sure mum and dad and my brother will be very impressed with that!
It is a bit weird writing in English, as if I am writing for a whole new audience that doesn't know me and I have to kind of introduce myself again.
Anyway, here are some photos of today's outing. I have also found a pattern of a scarf, or shawl if you like, that I am gonna knit from the alpaca yarn that I bought somewhere in the vicinity of Stansbury on York Peninsula when we went there with Stephens parents before we left Australia. A bit sad maybe that I look for knitting patterns while on holiday in Japan but I just happened to check in on one of the blogs I follow, in swedish I'm afrain and mainly about knitting, and there it was and I knew straight away that this is the one for my alpaca yarn!
Anyway again, here are the photos =)
The beach in Kamakura, a bit smoggy and not at all as nice as it could have been.
The sky was full of these birds, hawks as you can see on the next picture...
BEWARE OF HAWKS! We actually saw some of them swop down for food or whatever it was, not sure if the people nearby tried to feed them or not but it looked a bit scary.
The big Buddha, Daibutsu, a nice little walk from the train station in Kamakura. Full of (annoying, screaming, running around, little japanese) school kids and other tourists (like the group of scary German "Women on wheels" bikers who didnt look very much like women at all). The Buddha was built in 1252 to 1262 which is kind of impressive.
Continuing the nice little walk up and down and climbing over tree roots, plenty of exercise for us both and I thought it would never end =)
The view from on top of the hill over the beach we were walking along earlier in the day! It was quite a little hike we did.
A hidden away cemetery at the end of the hike which we didn't expect to see, a nice little surprise, very beautiful spot and peace and quiet. I almost felt like an intruder. The Japanese are very spiritual with shrines and temples everywhere.
Stephen with a well deserved beer with lunch after the long walk, I was trying to be japanese and had buckwheat tea to drink, mmmm... not, it tasted like it was good for me :/ I had a sip of Stepens beer and it was soooo nice! Apart from the beer drinking we have been very healthy eaters here, not counting the McDonalds brekkie. Or the potato chips. Or the donut with the Starbucks coffee. By the way there is a bloody Starbucks in every corner of every street here, incredible! But you don't see anyone with take away coffee apart from us. Maybe because there are no bins anywhere to throw away the bloody cup so you have to carry it around for ages. And no litter either which is interesting since there are no bins... And people dont talk in their mobile phones on the subway, there is a little lady in the speakers asking people not to because it is annoying for the people around. Today we saw a lady talking on her phone on the train and she was whispering and covering up her mouth not to annoy the people around her. Strange. But still they all sit with their mobiles and play with them, read the news or chat or play games or something. Pretty much all mobiles are the big flip style ones with lots of little charms hanging and dangling.
Thats all for todays update, ended up being a big one, now it is time for bed!
söndag 25 april 2010
I guess it is time!
It has been a while and it is now time to change from Swedish to English as we make the move to the other side of the planet. At the moment we are having a mini holiday in Tokyo, thanks to Eyafjällajökull, nothing bad that doesnt come with something good as we say in Sweden. Might not make any sense here though. Anyway, I have uploaded some pictures here, I hope the link will work, otherwise let me know and I will fix it.
Stephen is loving it here and at the moment drinking beer and watching Japanese tv =) We are both quite tired from the trip, dont think either of us got that much sleep from when we left sydney at 9.45 pm till we reached Tokyo at 6.30 am, almost in the same time zone. But we have a really nice hotel, even if it took the non-english-speaking taxidriver some time and a few phone calls to find it. Internet is free and the room is big and tidy. Maybe the bed is a tiny bit on the firm side but that is not the end of the world.
We had a great dinner and at the table next to ours there was a Swedish business traveller chewing up the ears of the slightly bored but very polite Japanese colleague. We thought it was best to stick to our own and didnt reveal our Swedish connection, scared of being just as bored as the Japanese guy. Anyway, the food was great, some sort of fondue with meat and vegetables, a noodle soup, and then dessert and green tea.
We still havent planned tomorrow but I am sure we will find plenty of things to do!
Stephen is loving it here and at the moment drinking beer and watching Japanese tv =) We are both quite tired from the trip, dont think either of us got that much sleep from when we left sydney at 9.45 pm till we reached Tokyo at 6.30 am, almost in the same time zone. But we have a really nice hotel, even if it took the non-english-speaking taxidriver some time and a few phone calls to find it. Internet is free and the room is big and tidy. Maybe the bed is a tiny bit on the firm side but that is not the end of the world.
We had a great dinner and at the table next to ours there was a Swedish business traveller chewing up the ears of the slightly bored but very polite Japanese colleague. We thought it was best to stick to our own and didnt reveal our Swedish connection, scared of being just as bored as the Japanese guy. Anyway, the food was great, some sort of fondue with meat and vegetables, a noodle soup, and then dessert and green tea.
We still havent planned tomorrow but I am sure we will find plenty of things to do!
måndag 12 april 2010
Inlägg nr 300!
Och det kommer att bestå av bilder från helgens utflykt till Stansbury på York Peninsula med Stephens mamma och pappa. Bilderna kom visst lite bakvänt men det får gå ändå.
Stephen likaså
Utsikten från balkongen där vi bodde, inte illa!
Stephen är lite hungrig =)
Utsikten från framsidan
Piren eller bryggan eller vad det nu heter där man fiskar
Jeff hakar på nåt smaskigt på kroken
Far och son i solnedgången
Nån annan som prövade sin fiskelycka längst ut
Den lokala puben i Currumulka en bit från Stansbury, Det var inte meningen att ge Jeffrey horn, och inte är jag bra på photoshop heller...
Den lokala golfbanan, det vore nåt för mor och far...
En trappa ner i vattnet, det var dock ingen som badade
Pacific gulls hette dessa fåglar, stora fiskmåsar i princip
Jag fick pippi på att fota fåglar ett tag, ett av ganska många. Jag fick till det nästintill perfekta fotot på en gång men tyvärr ur fokus, efter det tog jag säkert 25 till utan att lyckas =( Jag behöver nog en ny kamera =)
Ingen fisk denna gången men Jeff är lika glad för det!
Utsikt från ovan av bryggan och parkeringsplatsen, man skulle kunna tro att det är mycket folk som kommer dit för att fiska när det är högsäsong med tanke på storleken på parkeringen.
Stephens pappa Jeffrey koncentrerad på att få ordning på spöet
Stephen likaså
Utsikten från balkongen där vi bodde, inte illa!
Stephen är lite hungrig =)
Utsikten från framsidan
Piren eller bryggan eller vad det nu heter där man fiskar
Jeff hakar på nåt smaskigt på kroken
Far och son i solnedgången
Nån annan som prövade sin fiskelycka längst ut
Den lokala puben i Currumulka en bit från Stansbury, Det var inte meningen att ge Jeffrey horn, och inte är jag bra på photoshop heller...
Den lokala golfbanan, det vore nåt för mor och far...
En trappa ner i vattnet, det var dock ingen som badade
Pacific gulls hette dessa fåglar, stora fiskmåsar i princip
Jag fick pippi på att fota fåglar ett tag, ett av ganska många. Jag fick till det nästintill perfekta fotot på en gång men tyvärr ur fokus, efter det tog jag säkert 25 till utan att lyckas =( Jag behöver nog en ny kamera =)
Ingen fisk denna gången men Jeff är lika glad för det!
Utsikt från ovan av bryggan och parkeringsplatsen, man skulle kunna tro att det är mycket folk som kommer dit för att fiska när det är högsäsong med tanke på storleken på parkeringen.
måndag 5 april 2010
Det blir bäverstigen till att börja med. Jag är ledsen om det är lite lite aktivitet här för tillfället men just nu så är det så himla mycket annat att ordna med så jag orkar helt enkelt inte hålla på att uppdatera hela tiden. Här kommer iallafall lite bilder från den senaste veckan eller så.
Påskhästkapplöppning i Oakbank utanför Adelaide
40.000 människor åker till Oakbank på lördagen, på måndagen kommer 70.000!!! Mycket folk blir det.
Stephens kusin Vanessa på besök från Brisbane, och Stephen och hans bror ler för en annan kamera =)
Fika med tjejerna på Mari's altan, lite för ljust för att havet ska synas i bakgrunden, det är en väldans fin utsikt från Mari's altan.
Bella, the cutest and very energetic little puppy
Påskhästkapplöppning i Oakbank utanför Adelaide
40.000 människor åker till Oakbank på lördagen, på måndagen kommer 70.000!!! Mycket folk blir det.
Stephens kusin Vanessa på besök från Brisbane, och Stephen och hans bror ler för en annan kamera =)
Fika med tjejerna på Mari's altan, lite för ljust för att havet ska synas i bakgrunden, det är en väldans fin utsikt från Mari's altan.
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