Don't have any pictures but they're be plenty to come yet. I must note that I'm up at 6 am Japan time after having slept 12 hours, didn't do much sleeping on the plane, and was just energized by my first encounter with a Bidet! I'm feeling more cultured already. I've only been here a little while and have observed some things that I never have before. I've been to big cities before: New York City, Chicago so I'm not brand new to the big city feel; a few things that have stuck out though have been the fact that 1 out of every five people where a mask around everywhere they go, kinda weird. Another random note is that despite their fast paced society and obvious love for technology it appears that almost everybody air dries their clothes.

The trip over was long but not as bad as I expected. I've had trouble in the past with extreme ear pain only while descending back into higher air pressure but I kept my vitamin C rations high before this trip and hope to stay healthy and not stuffy. Julie, on the other hand, wasn't as lucky.

The first leg was from Cashville to Detroit and was a short one. Our final leg was on one of the double decker planes. It had 4 jet-engines on each wing but I am unsure which kind (747, 767, etc..). I do know on the way back we ride in a 777 which is one of the latest models with TV's in each headrest! The plane was probably only half full and my lady friends gave me window seat. Of course our window seat was right by the wing so I ended up having to break my neck to get a view, but boy was it worth it! The girls slept alot more than I did during our 12 hour journey across 1/2 the globe. I read and broke my neck, read and broke my neck. The most memorable part of it all was our time over Alaska and Russia. A huge expanse of nothing but white. It would be really mountainous, then rolling hills, then valleys, every once in awhile their would be a body of water bright blue against the snow. We hit some turbulence and I kidded with Julie this is how it all started in 'The Grey'. I kinda wished I could just jump out and hike around a few days..... But anyway the food was good on the flight over but thank goodness the girls were being gluten conscious and I got triple the portions on almost everything (Almost forgot to mention the fact that their was free Cervesa on the ride over, I took it upon myself to go ahead and familiarize the taste buds with Japans most popular beer: Anhasi.... one that I'd looked up already on BeerAdvocate.com, it's a rice based brew that tastes just like Coors and all the rest of em). Speaking of food.... I haen't eaten since the last ration on the plane.... Gotta go get cultured and have some Japanese fare. 

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!

Until next time Cheers