Tokyo

Tessa and I went to Tokyo for the first time on Sunday. We rode a bus, which which only took 1:20 or so. The purpose of the trip was mainly to find the American Embassy so that when I actually do have to go there on a week day sometime soon, I won't get lost. That said we got a little lost looking for it which s a little surprising, considering its size. In Tokyo, almost all the embassies are in the same area, we passed by Spain's, Switzerland's, and other countries' until we eventually found America's, which was humongous, taking up an entire city corner with guards posted at the many entrances. After finding the Embassy, we took the subway to Shibuya (in Tokyo) to try to buy a cell phone. We wanted to buy one in Tokyo because there would be someone who spoke English there, which there was, but they were all out of the cheap phones we wanted, so we didn't get one. We walked around a crazy busy shopping district, where there is an intersection so big that hundreds of people cross it when the lights are red. We saw all manner of people there, very different from the ones in the quiet little hamlet we live in. It was also raining, but we had fun anyway.

I wanted to thank Aunt Debra for her suggestion of David Sedaris' "When You Are Engulfed in Flames". I downloaded an audiobook of it, read by Mr. Sedaris himself, and it was thouroughly entertaining. The bits about his stay in Tokyo were particularly amusing, as I can relate to all of his observations.

I have so much more t write about, but I'm tired and the library is about to close, so for now, sayonara!