Chapter 24 – Tues-9th, Wed-10th, Thurs-11th July 2008
Well sorry folks – you have had to wait a bit for this EXCITING instalment as we have been ‘naughty stop outs’ hanging out in Kyoto………..but more on that later.
Firstly, Brian’s whirl wind trip to Tokyo was very eventful with him meeting up with his older brother (in fact all his siblings are older than him as he is the baby of the family- Gary is the next brother up so he is closest in age to Brian.) He really enjoyed the bullet train (see photos) and took a few great shots of ‘very fast passing’ Tokyo scenery! The boys went to a Karaoke Bar and Brian said that it was so loud and smoky that they couldn’t keep in time with the music as they couldn’t hear it. They must have sounded a treat, not that anyone was taking any notice of them. They also missed the last bus back to their hotel and ended up walking for over 3 hours finding a taxi 2 blocks from home and not realizing they were nearly there! Silly nongs!!! The flag fallfor most taxi's is around $6.60 and you can travel almost anywhere within city limits for that before it starts clicking over. So if there are 3 or 4 of us it is sometimes cheaper than the train!
Brian enjoyed his quick trip and spending some time with Gary and caught the bullet train back to Osaka in time for our Tuesday Harmony Class. We did a ‘Gospel Night’ and really had a great time getting the wonderful Japanese accents to sound ‘Gospelly’. They try so hard and it is really inspirational to spend time with them.
Well the week has just flown by and we had another great class on Wednesday even though we would like more members the harmonies were lovely and everyone really enjoyed themselves. It was Aki’s last day with us on Thursday and we spent it doing washing, pushing all the buttons on the ‘blue singing washing monster’ and hoping for the best. We waved her off as she was catching the bullet train back home to Fukuoka (no it is not said how it is spelt) Fookquoka…………OK!!!!! We will miss her as she as been just a pet and teaching me all the different Jappy recipes has been a treat! She slipped out ‘shopping’ and came back with some lovely gifts for me for my Birthday, (remember please send all very expensive gifts to our PO Box cos you love me!)
I have attached lots of photos this episode for your viewing pleasure so enjoy!
“MARTINSSSSSSSSSS INNNNNNNNNNNN JAPANNNNNNNNN!!”
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