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Wednesday w/ E.

Boy, this week flew by. I’m having one of those climactic-Fridays at work where instead of being grateful for the approaching weekend, I’m panicking at how I didn’t get enough done. Deadlines! Corporate Crises! Angry Doctors! (you know, the usual.)

What I *should* be focusing on is Elizabeth being here! I’m glad she came towards the end of our trip, so I have some wisdom to lend. While I can’t quite say that I’ve found all the zen there is to find, I am a bit less high-strung that I was when we got here. Deep, calming breathes. I am the Eggman.

On Wednesday, we headed down to Motomachi. I just love this neighborhood’s vibe. After lunch…

…We went to the donut shop that I found last time I was here. Upstairs there’s a little cafe, and it’s all very stark white and french-countryside. Very lovely. It was great to sit down and just chat for a while.

While our adventures and travels have been great to us, I think jon and I often lament the fact that we’re not closer to all of you. Well, that all of you aren’t closer to all of you. Our friends and family are very scattered around the country. It’s great to see friends that you just… know. And you don’t have to spend time “catching up” because the essence of your relationship is such that, even though you don’t know the details, you already have a pretty good sense of what’s going on in their lives.

After coffee, I met a rooster!

And stopped in to the shrine…

…where it was just incredible. It was “snowing” cherry blossom leaves. Sakura season is drawing to a close, but it’s beautiful all the way to the end.

Ms. Dawson

Elizabeth got in town last night! How exciting, right?

After finding her at Narita (sounds like she had a great flight) we hopped on the train home. I love that we live in a city that has a direct train to the airport. It makes life so much easier. While on the 2 hour train ride home, I overheard someone say that they were from Seattle! Randomly enough, we happened to make eye contact on our way out of the train and so I said hello.

You know, it’s not every day that you meet someone from your city, on the other side of the world. His name was John, he works for Expedia, and happens to be in Yokohama for the next 10 days. We exchanged email addresses and invited him out to dinner. Nice guy.

Anyways, back to Elizabeth. She came on the perfect week. The cherry blossoms are all still out and it’s *beautiful* outside (67 today!). Perfect weather for a glass of sake in a cafe. Hopefully we can find her zen, which seems to have been misplaced lately.

Later tonight the Baystars (baseball) are playing the Giants (who are like the japanese version of the Yankees). It should be an awesome game. They encourage you to bring in your own food and drink (which is so un-american and i love it). I can’t express how stoked I am to not have 9$ miller lite in my immediate future.

So, I’m sure many pictures will ensue. We’re planning to hang out in yoyogi park this weekend for some more hanami and on Sunday we’re going to check out the large buddha in Kamakura. Stay tuned for more adventures, etc.