Today was the day we ventured down to Tsukiji Fish Market. Although it would have been interesting to see the tuna auction, I really wasn’t up to being up at 3am to get a ticket. However, I did want to see the inner market before 11am, so we headed out around 8am (Kaelyn was not keen on waking up so early). The streets were pretty empty and the train ride just...
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Ya!!! Kaelyn had her first job today. We are so excited for her. Very different than Shanghai, CDU provides a sheet with all the work details, a sheet with detailed subway directions and a 3rd sheet that shows the google map on where to walk to the location with a picture of the front entrance. Wow, impressive. Kaelyn had to meet at the Subway entrance with another...
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I was reading about places to get more ‘western’ type food (specifically oatmeal which is a cheap and filling meal – yes I’m trying to be UBER price aware). There is a place 1 stop away that I Tammy and I went to today. Prices were certainly high (ie. $22 for the peanut butter there that is what, $5 at home). We did find the oatmeal in a...
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Day 14, Feb 14 – Valentine’s day with Michelle. Very sad… but we did get a chance to talk a lot and although we didn’t get to be physically together, it lasted 14hrs longer than normal because we chatted on our Feb 14 start all the way to Chatham’s Feb 14 end. I’ve read about a quick place to get good and cheaper price wise food...
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Kaelyn was back to castings today so Tammy and I decided to explore a little more around our apartment. We found a new park with a playground which makes 3 within easy walking distance. We also found a shrine nearby, called Akasakahikawa Shrine. It had very few people at it and was a very calm relaxing place....
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Today was a holiday here so we decided to take the day slow. We started with a familiar breakfast tradition – pancakes, bacon and friend potatoes. The strawberries we bought the day before filled the apartment and let me say, for the $5 we spent, they were worth it. Each one was perfect and tasted amazing. The bacon on the other hand didn’t taste like...
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