Bloggin'......

BMW Ultimate Drive

I got my friend Sabrina to come with me this weekend to go to the BMW Ultimate Drive in Seaside. It was partially a fundraiser for The Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research, where BMW would donate one dollar for every mile driven for the event. It was an exceptionally clear day, with not a worry in the sky. We had so much fun driving on up and around Monterey up to the new CSU Monterey Bay university campus, that we made our own donation to the cause as well. We got to drive around in a new BMW Z4 3.0 roadster and a 330i Convertible. There were other cars, but it was getting late in the afternoon, that we took some time off to have lunch by the bay near Cannery Row.

I really want a roadster now.

More Tokuyama

Well, I'm finally home. I got into SFO around 9AM this morning, and I had to think, I had started the trip home by checking out of the hotel at exactly 9AM the same day back in Japan. How wierd!

Well, the journey home was simply the same route I took to get there in reverse, but before I did, I took one more little trek around town. It really is a sleepy little town.

Homeward bound

I'm finally going home today. I still have to pack, but I bought my train ticket yesterday. I'll be taking the Shinkansen from Tokuyama to Hakata for one hour, and then the subway for 15 minutes, and then I'll be back on the plane. Basically, the same way I came.

Happy trails!

Tokuyama, Japan

Well, the work got boggged down earlier this week... some parts broke, and I had to wait until the parts arrived last night (Friday night) before I could continue my work. It also means I had to delay my trip home until Sunday! It hasn't been too bad, but I'm starting to miss hearing English words. There are only eight cable TV networks here and six of them only show Japanese dramas. If anyone really knows me, I can't even stand American dramas.

I actually finished early today, so I did a little trek around the town.

Adventure in Japan

I'm on travel again this week and this time I am writing from southern Japan, or at least towards the southern tip of the Japanese mainland, anyway. I got to fly through the new Nagoya International airport, which only opened earlier this year.

I flew from San Francisco to the new airport in Nogoya, and since this was the first entry into the country, I had to get out and pass through the Japanese customs. It was easy, but time consuming. Plus I had to make my way to the domestic terminal to check in for my next flight to Fukuoka. The experience was not bad. Apparently, I now have gold status through my airline, which apparently I have had for a while, and apparently didn't realize all the benefits.

I got to check in using the first class line, which was extremely short, and I was sitting in the first class lounge in the airport within ten minutes. But all the traveling was about to crash down on me. The flight from SFO to Nagoya was 11 hours and the flight from Nagoya to Fukuoka was another hour. I only slept partially through out the flights and did not sleep well the night before, either.

It seemed like I was only half way to my destination, when I started to feel real tired. I still had to take a 15 minute subway ride to the Hakata Shinkansen Station, for an one hour bullet train ride to my final destination, Tokuyama. I almost missed my stop! I fell asleep part way there, only haphazardly hearing "Tokuyama" through my groggy state. I rushed off the train, and made my way into the hotel around 10PM. crazy!