One month mark...

I can't believe this Monday will be one month since we arrived!! In some ways we feel like we just got here.

This week was nice. Fast but nice.

A couple of weeks ago we met this really great couple from our church (Chris and Melissa) and they invited us over last weekend to stay the night on Saturday and go to Sunrise service with them on Sunday. We had such a great time eating tasty food, playing Wii sports, Monopoly deal and some really great conversation.
Sunday we went to KBF for Sunrise service (at 8:30) which was nice. After the service the four of us went into Tokyo (Chidorigafuchi to be exact) to see Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) which are now in bloom. I have posted pics on FB if you would like to check them out.
There was a ridiculous amount of people both at the Cherry Blossom viewing and in the train stations- total madness but... it really does make the whole experience so much more exciting. The trees were truly amazing and beautiful. The weather was also nice to us so a made for a really great experience.

Our train home was down due to an accident so we had to take a different route which meant taking a brief stop in Shibuya. There is a "famous" crosswalk right off the train station where everyone walks at the same time going all directions (kinda like in Old Town Pas) and just the sight of SO many people all in one place is just crazy. It was awesome.

This week has been pretty low key. I did cook dinner every night (with the exception of last night when we enjoyed a very yummy Shepherd's pie a la Juliana). Cooking is still a bit of a challenge for me as I'm still trying to get a feel for the grocery store. Simple is currently the key until I am positive that I am not buying fish gut or something of that nature.

Today Zeph went with Joey and the kids up to Hitsujiama park to see Cherry Blossoms while I had coffee at Tully's with Noriko (one of our newly acquired friends who I'm going to possibly swap English for Japanese lessons with). After that we all met up with Juliana for lunch at Asian Garden (Indian Cuisine I told you about last week). Buttered Curry... so so good but sounds so so unhealthy, eh? We'll pretend it's not.

Compared to home, we do a pretty good amount of walking here and much less eating out so slipping up once in a while isn't so bad ;)

Tomorrow, Costo!!! You know you're an adult (or in another country) when going to Costco is as exciting as going to a theme park as a child. I'm having a hot dog and a piece of pizza...maybe.

Eat of the week: Corn on the cob from a street vendor in Tokyo. We don't know what the guy put on it so we didn't ask (we couldn't have if we wanted to anyway). It was so good though.

Word of the week: Nani -means "What?"

talk to you next week :)