Greetings from Kyoto!
On Monday Peter and I were invited to a college graduation party for Nikka, one of our young adults at MCC. She received her BA degree in Business Administration from Chaminade University that night, to celebrate her family hosted a dinner party at Dave and Buster's in the Ward Center. Friends and family gathered on this auspicious night to celebrate Nikka's accomplishments. The food was great and the entertainment very interesting. We left at half past midnight.
On Tuesday Peter spent most of the day in his company's office to sign documents and do errands before we left for our NEA vacation. I, on the other hand, drove all over the place checking out different stores along the way. Picked up Peter for a late afternoon lunch before dropping him off at the Aloha Tower for their company's 20th anniversary dinner at Gordon Biersch. I didn't join them, instead, I spent that time watching a movie at the Ward Cinema. Just couldn't believe the regular price for a movie ticket - $9.25! It's really expensive. If I know that the Restaurant Row cinemas had more interesting movies like Bridge to Terabithia and The Last Mimzy for only $1, I would have gone there instead! Shucks!
The timing was perfect when I finished watching the movie Peter's party ended. I picked him up and drove back to Waikele to pack for our trip the next day.
On Wednesday we left a little after 7 a.m. and arrived at the airport too early to check-in for our 12:40 p.m. flight. We waited about an hour and a half before checking in and having brunch inside the airport. The flight to Osaka/Kansai Airport was pretty comfortable. Peter and I didn't feel to anxious during the flight, in fact, we were able to read the books we brought with us.
We arrived at Kansai airport at 4:42 p.m. Went through the quarantine, passport control, baggage claim and customs without any problems. The MK Taxi driver, holding up a sign with our name on it, waited for us at the exit. The MK Taxi is a High Ace van which shuttles passengers to Kyoto. We paid 3500 yen per person. Sat at the seats right behind the driver. About almost two hours driving through the freeway we arrived in Kyoto City. Transferred to a local taxi which took us to where Dad Dan and Auntie Casilda live. We thought the driver was lost because we ended up in a narrow street near a small restaurant. The driver spoke in Japanese and we didn't understand what he was saying. He had a map of the address but wasn't too sure if the street was the correct one. It turns out that that restaurant place was where they live - on the 2nd floor.
Dad Dan came out to meet us and brought us up to their pretty spaciouse apartment - an unusual size for a regular Japanese apartment. We were able to relax and settle down before Auntie Casilda returned after a class at Doshisha University. We had a sushi dinner (really fresh and good!) and fruit dessert.
We were thankful that we got here safe and sound.
On Monday Peter and I were invited to a college graduation party for Nikka, one of our young adults at MCC. She received her BA degree in Business Administration from Chaminade University that night, to celebrate her family hosted a dinner party at Dave and Buster's in the Ward Center. Friends and family gathered on this auspicious night to celebrate Nikka's accomplishments. The food was great and the entertainment very interesting. We left at half past midnight.
On Tuesday Peter spent most of the day in his company's office to sign documents and do errands before we left for our NEA vacation. I, on the other hand, drove all over the place checking out different stores along the way. Picked up Peter for a late afternoon lunch before dropping him off at the Aloha Tower for their company's 20th anniversary dinner at Gordon Biersch. I didn't join them, instead, I spent that time watching a movie at the Ward Cinema. Just couldn't believe the regular price for a movie ticket - $9.25! It's really expensive. If I know that the Restaurant Row cinemas had more interesting movies like Bridge to Terabithia and The Last Mimzy for only $1, I would have gone there instead! Shucks!
The timing was perfect when I finished watching the movie Peter's party ended. I picked him up and drove back to Waikele to pack for our trip the next day.
On Wednesday we left a little after 7 a.m. and arrived at the airport too early to check-in for our 12:40 p.m. flight. We waited about an hour and a half before checking in and having brunch inside the airport. The flight to Osaka/Kansai Airport was pretty comfortable. Peter and I didn't feel to anxious during the flight, in fact, we were able to read the books we brought with us.
We arrived at Kansai airport at 4:42 p.m. Went through the quarantine, passport control, baggage claim and customs without any problems. The MK Taxi driver, holding up a sign with our name on it, waited for us at the exit. The MK Taxi is a High Ace van which shuttles passengers to Kyoto. We paid 3500 yen per person. Sat at the seats right behind the driver. About almost two hours driving through the freeway we arrived in Kyoto City. Transferred to a local taxi which took us to where Dad Dan and Auntie Casilda live. We thought the driver was lost because we ended up in a narrow street near a small restaurant. The driver spoke in Japanese and we didn't understand what he was saying. He had a map of the address but wasn't too sure if the street was the correct one. It turns out that that restaurant place was where they live - on the 2nd floor.
Dad Dan came out to meet us and brought us up to their pretty spaciouse apartment - an unusual size for a regular Japanese apartment. We were able to relax and settle down before Auntie Casilda returned after a class at Doshisha University. We had a sushi dinner (really fresh and good!) and fruit dessert.
We were thankful that we got here safe and sound.
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