One morning I woke up and decided that "today- I want to travel with 2 small children on a train."
And I did. It really wasn't bad. On the Bullet train one adult can take up to 2 children under the age of 5 for the price of one ticket. But you just get one seat. So we each enjoyed our own seat for one stop until the others filled up and then the rest of the time we enjoyed walking up and down the aisle. Later we found a "multipurpose room" to hang out in. It wasn't easy though, I had to sucker the conductor to let me "nurse Mina" in there. It was so nice to sit down. Marie could have sat by herself in the chair while I held Mina in the hall, but she looked so freaked out sitting next to the Japanese business man, and frankly so did he. I don't know why they gave me a window seat. I kept coming back to my seat and asking the man next to me to "pass me that bottle" or "pass me the little girl in the seat to me" or, my favorite, "pass me that diaper sitting there, I promise it's clean." I stopped coming back after I got the diaper I needed.
Anyway, two Fridays before Christmas we girls packed down to Tokyo to meet up with Brett who was working down there the previous week.
Meeting up in a town of 13 million people was kind of scary, but we said, "meet me next to that one shop that serves rice" and we found each other without a hitch. And I did. It really wasn't bad. On the Bullet train one adult can take up to 2 children under the age of 5 for the price of one ticket. But you just get one seat. So we each enjoyed our own seat for one stop until the others filled up and then the rest of the time we enjoyed walking up and down the aisle. Later we found a "multipurpose room" to hang out in. It wasn't easy though, I had to sucker the conductor to let me "nurse Mina" in there. It was so nice to sit down. Marie could have sat by herself in the chair while I held Mina in the hall, but she looked so freaked out sitting next to the Japanese business man, and frankly so did he. I don't know why they gave me a window seat. I kept coming back to my seat and asking the man next to me to "pass me that bottle" or "pass me the little girl in the seat to me" or, my favorite, "pass me that diaper sitting there, I promise it's clean." I stopped coming back after I got the diaper I needed.
Anyway, two Fridays before Christmas we girls packed down to Tokyo to meet up with Brett who was working down there the previous week.
We actually planned this trip in October, but even 2 months advance isn't long enough to get a good reservation in Tokyo so we stayed 3 places; US Army's Hardy Barracks, US Navy's New Sanno, and good ol' fashion Hilton.
On the way to the Temple I found this sweet deal on a Christmas tree. Y42,000=$ 537.63.
What a STEAL!
On the way back from the temple I spotted some cute kids at a park. Here's Mina sitting on top of a slide. And below is Marie holding on tight.
Later that night, we went looking for some food in an area called Omotesando.
We didn't eat here.
(hahaha, I am still laughing at this sign)
And tried to take a picture of the bustling streets of Tokyo before Christmas.
It was a nice little beginning to our trip. Sunday morning we headed to the church service (in English) right next to the temple. It was Marie's LAST time in Nursery so SHE insisted she stay for the entire time. I headed back to Hardy Barracks and walked our luggage to the next hotel and checked in while Marie enjoyed the last fun time at Church. Sorry Marie, but you will learn so much in Primary!
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Eton Crop bwahaha. How did the food taste? That's so cute she's in Primary now :-) I can just hear that little Minnie Mouse voice singing all the songs.
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