Travel Day Friday

Woke up around 7 AM and decided to walk over to the base to stage for the bus. I got a number, 3 not too bad. Then headed for some coffee and breakfast. The bus left Yokosuka around 10 AM. After taking a little nap on the bus, I finished off with some DS MARIO PARTY with the project engineer.

Check in was a breeze as it was last time. And the great thing is they don't make you take off your shoes at this airport. The PE got me into the United Lounge area. Free snack food and beverages. And it is nice and quiet. 3 hours till boarding.

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Thursday

Took some annual leave today to take care of a few things. Stopped by the hospital to pick up my records from last time. After that went to the CPO club for lunch buffet. For dinner walked out to Livin and then headed back to pepper lunch. As always very good.

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Wednesday

Things are rapping up at work. After work walked around town for a while. Then met up with some people for another round of Pepper Lunch. Anyone coming to Yokosuka needs to get some Pepper Lunch.

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Tuesday

Everybody is starting to look forward to coming home. Made of post office run after work today, won't get back in the states until after Christmas, but I have faith it will get there before the 1st. After work went out and had a little Starbucks, then headed over to a different Japanese restaurant. They had something on the menu which sounded interesting. Horse Sashimi. And it was pretty good.

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Monday

The picture link for Sunday has been fixed. I hoped everybody liked speed king. After work headed to CPO for spaghetti night. The pasta and vegi's are pan fried, different but very good.

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Sunday

Went to church with one of the guys here in the morning. It was in the high school auditorium. Sang out of hymnals, first time in a long time. We finished with the classic "this world is not my home."

Then i met up with another guy and headed up to Roppongi. It was a lot less painful than i thought it might be. Two transfers and about an hour and ten minutes. Walked around a lot of parks and went to one of the best views in Tokyo. 250 M. After walking around for a few hours, we headed back to Yokosuka.

Had dinner at a Japanese restaurant, then chilled.

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Saturday

Went up to Yokohama this morning, back to landmark plaza. Went on the ferris wheel again. Then walked around the mall for a while. Went back up to the observation deck. The building seemed to be moving a lot more than last week. After Yokohama we headed up to Shibuya, the largest mass crossing area in the world. It was crazy.


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Friday

At work we had a BBQ for lunch. Burgers, dogs, and pie. Just like home. I wanted to go caroling but no one else had the same feeling. It was nice and sunny again today, very strange to know that it is cold back home and raining.

For dinner went out to a noodle place which was very good. It was very thin noodles with shredded beef. Also had a basil roll, ceaser saild (that had something fishy on it), a sweet roll, and sherbet. Pretty good. Tomorrow heading up to Yokohama and Tokyo.

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Thursday

After work went out and explored a little around town. We met up with some of the Japanese contractors for a traditional Japanese Meal. It was all very good. The sitting on the ground thing got difficult after a while. But it was a very good expierence.

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Wednesday

For dinner we went out to Korean BBQ tonight. It was pretty good, but the food goes very fast, because it cooks so fast. Walked around for a little while after dinner, then hit the hay.

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Tuesday

Another day of work. On the way out i saw that another crow had gotten stuck in the netting, he eventually worked his way out. Came back and hung around the hotel, then went out to dinner with a few people. Had noodles and Gyoza, very good.

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Monday

After work headed out and walked around town for a while. Then went to dinner at Pepper Lunch again. Then finished off the night by stopping by the 100 Yen shop.

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Sunday

Got up and decided to explore a little. Left the hotel around 9 AM. Walked about 5 miles out from the hotel. Found a couple of parks. One had a BMX track. The other had a ton of fishers. After getting back to the hotel around 12 i ran into a couple of people and head over to a buffet. We then decided to track to Kamakura. Ran into another person who wanted to head that way so we all pilled onto the train. We checked out a few things. Then headed back to Yokosuka. For dinner i went to a Mexican restaurant.

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Saturday

For breakfast, went back to McDonald's. Needed to see if the Ice in the OJ was an aberration. It was not.

Headed up to Yokohama back to Landmark plaza around 10, arrived at Landmark plaza around 11. A lady was spinning a cup on here umbrella. We decided to go check out the ferris wheel. We went to the amusement park and saw a place called -30 degrees C. It was 500 Yen so we decided to check it out. It was about 60 degrees F before we walked in. So we started with our jackets off. In the first room they had some weird fish and it was probably about freezing. The next room it was pretty cold, so i put my jacket on. Then in the next room it was freezing, or below freezing as it were. My nostrils froze up pretty quick. When we got back out in the amusement park it took about 5 minutes to warm up.

Went over and rode the wheel. It takes about 15 minutes. Pretty good view. We then headed and got some lunch. Then it was back to the top of the tower again. After that headed back to Yokosuka.

They were having an open base event today, they were expecting about 50,000 people. When i walked on base the streets were full. I took some pictures then grabbed a bit to eat.

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Friday the 7th

Very nice day weather wise today. In the 60's with no clouds in the sky. I swung through the mall to do a little shopping. I picked up some Kiwi chips, only to find out they tasted like fish. Very strange.

Just relaxed and got a little dinner the rest of the evening. Now the weekend begins.

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Thursday 6th

After work i decided to explore around the base. You can see the bridges and the tower in Yokohama on a clear day. The Cougars remain undefeated after a tough game with Gonzaga. Random fact.

On the way out of work I noticed that crows had landed on the mesh that protects against rock slides on one of the hills.

After exploring around town for a while i wound down by watching some crazy Japanese tv game show. It was Believe or Not Believe, sounds familiar concept. They had an American video that showed a high schooler doing a back flip on a tight rope. They all said believe, and it was true. Pretty amazing.

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Wednesday

After colors they play don't fear the reaper by the blue oyster cult. One of the people said that was the motivational song to get everybody ready in the morning. Strange.

It is very strange that you walk down th street and hear Christmas music in English.

Went back to the same place as last night for dinner. This time i had pizza. It was the best i have had in Japan.

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Tuesday

Nice blue sky's in japan today. A far cry from the conditions stateside. After work headed over to the commissary to pick up breakfast stuff. Then hung around the hotel for a few hours. Then I hooked up with a few people and went to an Italian restaurant on base. Had steak, it was thin, but tasted pretty good.

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Rainy Monday

Back to work. It was rained a lot. Then about noon we got a thunderstorm that rolled through. After work headed over to pick up a few things from the exchange. Headed over to the mall in the evening. Just another day done.

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Sunday 2nd

Busy day today. In the morning headed over to the mall and walked around for about an hour. Then i met up with a couple of people and headed up to Yokohama. If you get on the right train it is about 35 minutes. If you get on the wrong train it takes about an hour. Which happened on my last trip. It was another 10 minute train ride to Chinatown. The one in Yokohama is the largest in Japan. They had a lot of different things.

After about an hour in Chinatown we decided that was enough and decided to head over to the Landmark Plaza. It is very high end. After getting back to the main station in Yokohama. We realized that we had missed the right stop by one station. So we hopped back on and headed back. They have a very big ferries wheel, a structure that looks like the London bridge, a big boat, a huge mall, and the Tallest observatory in Japan.

One of the guys had to stop and get some Pokemon stuff for his kid. We then went to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Fairly expensive but good. We decided to go to the top of the building. The elevator reaches a top speed of 750 meters per minute. It takes under 40 seconds to reach the top. You can feel the building moving, but the view is awesome.

After doing that we decided it was time to get back.

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It is December now

Another day of work and another day done. Warmed up today. During lunch the hawks came to visit. We were tossing up bread into the air and they would swoop down and pick them out of th air.

After dinner i borrowed one of the peoples 360's and got a little gaming in. Just had to veg out. Here is a couple of pictures.