We woke up naturally this morning, with my phone turned off so no annoying facebook crap.\u00a0 After a shower we went to breakfast.\u00a0 We wanted to go to the food court area across from the hotel, but it was closed!\u00a0 We couldn’t believe it, as it was nearly 8.30.\u00a0 So we ended up at a Pronto bar in the train station.<\/p>\n
After breakfast we went back to our room to re-pack everything, and checked out of the hotel.\u00a0 We walked around the train station, and caught a 10.02 train back to Tokyo.\u00a0 I spent the trip on the laptop, tidying emails, and working on a number of things.\u00a0 We got to Tokyo about 1.30, and made our way to the north bound Shinkansen section.\u00a0 We didn’t have reserved seats for this leg of the trip – even though it would be free for me (with my JR Pass), it would cost an extra $10 for Kaoru, and because we were getting on at Tokyo (start of the line) with time to spare, we thought we’d take the gamble.\u00a0 We bought some food while we were waiting, but were at the front of the line so the gamble paid off – we got a seat.<\/p>\n
More work (and blogging) and we eventually arrived at Nasushiobara.\u00a0 We then changed for Kuroiso (one stop) where Okaasan and Ottosan picked us up.\u00a0 We started by going to the field to pick some vegies.\u00a0 It had really taken off with the weather!\u00a0 We then went to visit the owner of the field to drop some vegies off, and pick some up from them, and then we finally arrived at the house.\u00a0 We sat outside and had a drink and snack until the bugs got to be too annoying – they were bitey ones, but not serious bites.<\/p>\n
We went inside for dinner, which was sashimi and chicken, served with sake (with Okaasan) and beer (with Ottosan).\u00a0 We ate for an hour or so – it was sooo delicious!\u00a0 Dessert was strawberries with milk and sugar (but no strawberry spoon :().\u00a0 After dinner we skyped Mum and Dad to say hello, watched TV for a while, had a bath and called it a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We woke up naturally this morning, with my phone turned off so no annoying facebook crap.\u00a0 After a shower we went to breakfast.\u00a0 We wanted to go to the food court area across from the hotel, but it was closed!\u00a0 We couldn’t believe it, as it was nearly 8.30.\u00a0 So we ended up at a … Continue reading