Dateline: Tokyo

iChat has to be the single best invention in the last ten years.
Perhaps I over-state.
We've chatted with Youngest a few times and greeted his hostess (it was wonderful to see her) in a video chat.
It's pretty terrific to have him chat us when he wants to give us an update and it works as beautifully as if he was across the hall. (You do know that my family chats to each other on their laptops when we are all home, right?)
Yesterday we were a little concerned as his pal A was very shy and quiet. Youngest assured us that he'd get her to warm to him as soon as they had some time with a computer or video game.
Here's the report:

Ohaiyo!

its 7:00pm here

so C is making dinner!

i slept a little today!

Then i went for a walk to learn about the neighborhood, theres this one old man who sells you your large LED lights, AC's and central air units in a store no bigger than Middle's room.

we had pancakes for breakfast, the maple syrup went over VERY well it's really good stuff, japanese pancakes aren't as good as dad's but they're better than IHOP's.

then me A and C went to Tokyo's new york city, the famous part that every one knows, we went to the official PokeCenter and it was amazing! Than we went to a bunch of anime stores, LOTS OF ANIME STORES! Got drinks at a cafe and went home

A has warmed up to me alot, we spent 3 hours watching lolcats. japanese and american ones. We played video games together and talked for a while. 

Unfortunately i feel sick, been dizzy and pukey all day :( but i think i'll be fine!*

No one in tokyo wears sunglasses... it's REALLY weird! It's incredibly bright out and no one wears sunglasses. 

Yes i think you did find A's house because there is a 7/11 near it, though her house is red, not sure about the motorcycles on the roof, haven't been up there.

I was in tokyo watching a giant screen when america beat japan in swimming it was hilarious me being the only american there cheering. 

the things they sell in tokyo are amazing, this place truly is the best place in the world, besides new york of course. 

they call the yankee's, yanks. like "do you like yanks or the mets?" instead of "do you like the yankees?" 

me and A play ALOT of the same games, and have seen alot of the same youtube videos

it's really hot here, like barbados was bearable, here its really really bad! But i'm drinking lots of water and stuff.

love you so much! Day one=success!

I was told this was water... it. is. not. water. 

 

 It's actually really good!


 

This is my room! It's small but a really good size. I like it alot. It's 98 degrees and almost 70% humidity here so it's very very hot and sticky. My host family made my requested dinner of cold udon noodles, which was freakin delicious!






*We're working on this.