Around the World with Jilly and Roger: A Room With a View

Sunday, 4 September 2016

A Room With a View

We're on the twelfth floor. Jilly's coped despite her lift phobia. The room's quite cool. Quite a shock to step outside into 30 degrees C of heat. Today's plan has been thwarted. All the art galleries are closed on Mondays. Tonight a sushi restaurant and jazz at a nearby bar.

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Wastedpapiers4 September 2016 at 22:43
Sorry it's me again. Why isn't anyone else commenting on your amusing blog? You'll hAVE TO RESTRICT YOUR fb postings and make them come here. I'm enjoying both I must admit. Toko sounds great despite everyone and their dog ( and weird cats ) glued to their bloddy mobile phones. A lovely park to look at to - very strange. Anyway, enjoy the sushi and the jazz. And the squirts.
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Unknown4 September 2016 at 23:28
Looks like you're having a lovely time and I am thoroughly enjoying reading about it. Can't wait to see more pictures. Must admit, I'm quite getting used to cold coffee, after making a mug and then forgetting where I've put it, I usually drink it on the chilly side. Enjoy your travels xx
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Roger Stevens5 September 2016 at 18:11
Thanks Gemma and Michael for commenting. Heading for Kyoto today on the Bullet train.
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Airports. The low down.

1 Kanzai Airport (Kix), Japan. Vastly vast, sparkling and modern. Very quick through security and immigration. Very friendly. Please note - should there be an earthquake of upper five velocity or above - then you will need to vacate the building. 8 stars

2 Colombo, Sri Lanka. It's a small airport and reviews suggested it was a bit boring, especially for a long stop-over of seven hours. But we liked it. We were welcomed by a huge statue of Buddha, it had free wifi and nice café with fresh cooked curry-style food. Nowhere to buy books or papers etc. But there was a stand selling Buddhist literature. 7 stars
3 Heathrow. You've probably been here. It's big, very crowded and lacking any sort of character. 6 stars

4 Narita, Tokyo. Big, dull, bit confusing. But we were "processed" very quickly. 6 stars
5 Guang Zhou, China. Had a stop-over here. The main airport is a bit gloomy, with few facilities and expensive food. Our gate was in the basement. Dark, dirty and noisy. An international airport with portaloos! 3 stars

Eating in Japan

1 I am enjoying Japanese cuisine. Jill is not. We did both enjoy a Japanese meal in the huge Sky Tree complex. First we made our own paste of poppy and sesame seeds with a thick brown liquid. We dipped our pork tempura in it. The starter was a huge plate of very fresh, finely shredded, white cabbage eaten with a white condiment. Long and large tempura prawns. And other stuff. It was delicious. We are still practising vegetarians. Just haven't mastered it yet.

2 After a week in Japan I can report that we do both enjoy udon noodles. And the pickles they serve everywhere. But Jill still not overly impressed.