The mayhem begins…<\/p>\n
Mum and Dad, Julie and David, and Aunty Lynette arrived this morning.\u00a0 We didn’t know what time they would be getting in, but knew it was early, so I was waiting in the lobby at 7.00 while Kaoru got ready.\u00a0 Then she came down and I went upstairs to shower and have breakfast.\u00a0 Not long after Kaoru called and said they were here and on their way up.\u00a0 Next thing I knew, the room had us all, plus suit cases – thank god we weren’t in the Washington Hotel!<\/p>\n
We got towels so everybody could have a shower, and then we finally managed to hit town and go for some breakfast.\u00a0 We went to the cafe across the road as Kaoru and I had enjoyed it previously.\u00a0 Then Kaoru took Julie to a chemist to get a face mask as the smoke was bothering her, and I took everybody else up the Government Building for the scenic view of Tokyo.\u00a0 Julie and Kaoru eventually joined us, and we left around 10.45.\u00a0 We met Leila under the clock at First Kitchen, while Kaoru ran ahead to buy our tickets for the day.\u00a0 Michael was feeling under the weather – he had a few flu symptoms yesterday – so decided to give it a miss.\u00a0 Then we met up at the train station.\u00a0 We had about 15 minutes before the train left, but we wanted to be early so we could sit together.\u00a0 Finally we were on our way to Fujisawa.<\/p>\n
We changed trains and caught one to Kamakura, where we walked around the streets (sampling food and beer along the way) and took the family to their first temple.\u00a0 We then walked back to the train station.\u00a0 With all the stops, this took us about 2 hours, so we were a little bit behind schedule, but it wasn’t a problem.\u00a0 The train out was very crowded, and we didn’t even get on the first one as it was too full.\u00a0 Kaoru made the call that we would have to skip the second stop because it would be too hard for us to get back on the train, so we went to Enoshima instead.\u00a0 We walked across to the island, most of the way up the steps to the shrine, took photos, and then walked back.\u00a0 We got on the train to Fujisawa, but a different line, which meant we were on the start instead of the middle.\u00a0 This saved us having to try to squeeze on to an existing train.<\/p>\n
At Fujisawa, Kaoru, Leila and Julie went to the chemist, while the rest of us waited.\u00a0 Then it was off to “our restaurant” – the one we always go to in Fujisawa.\u00a0 They were thrilled to have us there, and had made individual placemats for us with our names, and Congratulations on our Wedding.\u00a0 The food was great, saki fantastic and company wonderful.\u00a0 After dinner Kaoru, Julie and David went to the supermarket to buy some food while we took our time to leave and met them at the train station.\u00a0 Then we got back to Shinjuku, checked everybody in, and went to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The mayhem begins… Mum and Dad, Julie and David, and Aunty Lynette arrived this morning.\u00a0 We didn’t know what time they would be getting in, but knew it was early, so I was waiting in the lobby at 7.00 while Kaoru got ready.\u00a0 Then she came down and I went upstairs to shower and have … Continue reading