Pics not posted previously.

Category: My latest Europe trip | Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:42 am

OK, here are some pics that didn't make it in the first trip journal.
But before I do that, you might like to see a map of where I have taken you so far. This is the map of the entire trip.

So, we are actually starting the trip again, with missed pics.
When we arrived in Japan (Narita Airport) we were quite hungry.
But how do you decide what is good and what is not if you cannot read Japanese. (No English subtitles!!)

It all looked VERY spicy with lots of sauce on everything. So we tried 2 dishes. Frankly, I wish we hadn't! One was a noodle dish with sauce that would burn through steel plate.
The other was quite nice, but left an aftertaste of old socks.

Nevermind, we thought, we'll have a lovely breakfast in the motel in the morning.

(As an aside, it is SOOOOO funny watching Japanese TV. Particularly the English series shows and commercials. There was one commercial in which a number of overall clad stunning ladies were competing in a trail bike race. They jumped all the jumps, fell off once, and eventually one won the race. She took off her overalls to reveal she was wearing a stunning, jewel clad evening dress, complete with diamond necklace. The ad was for diamonds!!.
It is also a hoot to watch english TV shows in Japanese, like Frasier, Bugs Bunny, etc)

In the morning we went down for breakfast. You had a choice of traditional Japanese fare or Western style breakfast.
As we had tried Japanese the previous night we looked at the Western.
Here is a pic of the breakfast bar and what they believe is the standard Western style breakfast.

Hot greasy chips, spaghetti, baked beans, greasy sausages, cream filled donuts and fried onions!

I settled for some toast & orange juice.

The taxis are really great. They all look the same. All drivers wear white gloves and peaked hats. They always bow to you and are very friendly, but most don't speak much english!

Security is also VERY tight at the airport. Each vehicle and person is inspected on the way in. Some gaurds check the vehicle, inside & out, while others check passports and hand luggage. (We were told not to take pictures as they get very angry, but I couldn't resist!)

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Gardenstew wrote on Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:52 am:

>> Hot greasy chips, spaghetti, baked beans, greasy sausages, cream filled donuts and fried onions!

Haha that's one mean breakfast! The sausages I would agree with but the rest is dinner material no doubt.

Impressive map Craig. I think everyone will agree that throughout the Eurotip blog we feel like we went along for the ride as well. Great stuff!

I'd loved to have seen that diamonds commercial. Wacky indeed! :)

dooley wrote on Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:28 am:

I like the map too. I liked all your pictures. I probably won't see those places. We don't fly. dooley

looking wrote on Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:35 pm:

Yes, the eggs were funny too. Here we are used to either poached, fried, or scrambled. There they were, kind of, in a ball. (Its hard to explain)

It was very interesting at breakfast watching the Japanese culture in action.
People bowing to each other. The way it works is, if the person you are addressing is older than you, you bow lower than them. The older they are, the lower you bow.
Unfortunately, many of the younger generation have turned their back on their Japanese culture in favour of western culture, which is both positive and negative, I guess.

looking wrote on Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:37 pm:

Hi dooley,
Maybe one day you'll sail to Europe?
I'll post some more pics, but I warn you, my wife gained a new nickname while we were away - Japanese Sandra (because she took so many pics! Over 3000)