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The Golden Week That Was

Golden Week has just ended and I am sick. Not sick of having time off, just getting over a feverish, stuffy-headed cold.

A quick recap of the events, more for my memory than anything else:

Saturday – Hospitals. Lots of hospitals. Both Layla and Tamie are getting healthy and news is looking good on all counts. Thank goodness for that.

Sunday – Spent the day in Ebina, looking around. We headed to a park with a 75m slide, found a temple we knew nothing about, and hit up Starbucks for our weekly(?) fraps.

Monday – Went clam-digging with the in-laws. About a million other people had the same idea and we were stuck in a huge crowd – luckily the ocean is large and we all fit. Layla decided she wasn’t afraid of the ocean anymore and ended up having a blast. I think this is where I got sick.

Tuesday – Headed down to Enoshima for the first aquarium/beach visit of the season. Enjoyed the dolphin show with another million people – Layla didn’t cry and was quite proud of the fact. I was quite proud later when we left the aquarium and she wanted to play on the beach, fearless of the waves that petrified her only a year ago.

Wednesday – Went to an outlet mall in Minami-Machida called Grandberry Mall. Found out that I’m too big for even the XL pants. Shamed and sick, I went to bed early this night.

Pictures? I got ‘em. You want to see ‘em? Click below:

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Tuesday

… Wednesday still to come.

Day Off Today

Golden Week is upon us and we’re entering a time of rest and relaxation here in the busy land of Japan. Golden Week is a grouping of national holidays that amount to nearly a week off. Today (Thursday) is the first of 4 holidays. The others being next week’s Monday-Wednesday.

We spent a lazy day relaxing before Layla got it into her head she wanted a (surprise, surprise) Matcha Frappuccino from Starbucks. Being the pushover parents that we are, we headed out for the cool drinks.

On the way home, we stopped off at an amusement park of sorts for kids. Layla had seen it in our travels before and every time we neared it, she’d remind us of our promise to one day take her. Today was that day. She’d seen kids driving cars and wanted to give it a try so we let her. It took her a while to get warmed up, but once she started playing she didn’t want to leave.

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Pictures Here.