Got new shoes today! I was wearing heels that I haven't worn in awhile. My feet were killing me so I got new shoes.
I also got these new socks the other day. Frogdal Outfitters extra soft socks! They're really soft and very comfortable. The orange was cute, but I chose navy. I don't have the sandals though!!
Went to L'Occitane Cafe in Ikebukuro today. Had the fruit tart! It was gooooood!! Didn't have my camera with me so I took this with the cellphone camera.
I bought this soap the other day. It's called Black Paint. I first saw this when I was looking at a guidebook of Kyoto. When I went to Kyoto this spring I didn't have time to go to the shop. After coming back to Tokyo... I went to Mitsukoshi in Ginza... and found the store there! But yeah, I didn't buy it until recently. I tried it out... and it's pretty good, I think. My skin feels softer. (the white thing is a sponge! you use it to clean out your pores!)
この間、三越で洗顔を買いました～！顔気をつけて洗っているが、なんか、ちゃんと洗ってはないのか？！って最近思い。毛穴をしっかり洗ってくれる洗顔を探していました。以前から気になっていた Black Paint. 京都行ったときに買いたいと思っていたが時間がなく、店に行けませんでした。でもなんと東京にあったじゃない！数回使ってますが・・・今のところ良い感じです。肌がしっとりしている感じ。やわらかい？って言うのかな？やっぱりキレイに洗顔してなかったの～！？ってちょっとショックですが。まっ、そんなもんか。もっとこれからは気をつけなくては～！！！白いやつはスポンジ。顔洗ったあとに・・・石鹸が浮かびだしてくれたものを取ってくれるってやつです・・・たしか。（笑）
I've been lazy about writing these days!! Anyways, today is a national holiday! Yay!
Picture I took awhile ago. Should be interesting to see what this place will look like in 5 years. (added notes on Flickr)
Went to Okutama this past weekend. Woke up early and headed out to Tokyo station. Sat and rode the train for about one hour or so to Ome. Waited about 20 minutes or so at the platform for the train out to Okutama.
Got off at Kori station. A few other people got off as well. Walked to the trail...and headed towards Okutama station.
Fresh air! Trees! River! It was pretty refreshing.
Stopped by this store that was in the guidebook and ate kamameshi. Walked some more... took pictures.... walked, walked, walked....
Finally ended up at the dam.
The trail from the dam to Okutama was under construction so we had to walk... along the road! Had trucks and cars zooming past us. Kind of freaky!
Couldn't be bothered to walk on the road all the way to Okutama station so headed to Shiromaru. Went home from Shiromaru station. So tired! Totally fell asleep on the way back!
So yeah... think I'll head out and go for a walk. Hopefully I'll be able to take some decent photos.
Yes, please do it at home!!!
奥多摩の方へ行きました。
ひさしぶりにまた行くか・・・
ハイキングも行きたい！
今日は公園に。
かわいいチワワたちがいました。
Went to the park today.
This lady had 5 chihuahuas!
ただいまです。昨日、エジプトから帰国しました。さすがに疲れました。
We're back! We arrived from Egypt yesterday.... I'm totally exhausted.
１７日木曜日出発。朝早く、成田には７時半には到着。余裕をもって Duty Freeを見てから乗ろうと思いましたら、並ぶ列を間違い・・・チェックインするのにちょー時間がかかり、コーヒーすら飲めずに飛行機へ。今回は Korean Air. Seoul 経由のフライトがソウル・タシケント経由になってしまいました。タシケント！？どこだろう・・・と思い、ネットで調べました。ウズベキスタン！ほーって感じでした。長いフライトでした。成田から１８時間後かな？やっとエジプトへ夜の８時半ごろ到着。次の朝が早いので夜はすぐ寝ました。
We left really early on Thursday morning (17th). We arrived 2 hours before our departure. I thought there were would enough time to look at the duty free store and have some coffee and what not, but lined up at the wrong place.. and ended up taking forever to check in. No time to shop or drink coffee! Our flight was originally Tokyo - Seoul - Cairo, but ended up being Tokyo - Seoul - Tashkent - Cairo. Felt like we were on the plane forever! Finally arrived in Cairo around 8:30pm.
１８日から２２日は紅海。シャルムエルシェイクへ行きました。
泊まったホテルはロシア人が多く、全部のサインには英語とロシア語が書いてありました。日本人はうち以外１組。ほかのアジア人はいなかったようだった。ロシア人、アメリカ人、イギリス人がいました。
土曜日の夜はバギー＆ベドウィンディナーでした。５時にホテルにピックアップでしたが・・・５時半になっても来ない。エジプトなので・・・まーこんなもんかみたいでしたが、コンシエルジュが電話をしている・・・車に問題があるとのこと。本当だろうか？結局６時過ぎに向かえが到着。砂漠らしいところへ。スカーフを巻いて、バギーに乗りました！アクセルは親指で押すので簡単だが、疲れる～！！ディナーはまーまーでした。ベドウィンのダンスとかありました。
シャルムへ着いて４日目に熱が出て、寝込んでました。予定していたスノークリングもしょうがなくキャンセル。（T-T)
From the 18th through the 22nd we were at Sharm el Sheikh. This is a resort area on the Sinai Peninsula. We stayed at a hotel with no Japanese tourists. Actually there was another family there, but that was it. The rest were Russian, English, Americans... All the signs and menus were in English and Russian!
Saturday night we rode buggies. (is that how you spell it?) Wore this scarf around our head and face! As you can see in the picture my shirt is covered in dirt.
I ended up getting a fever on Monday. Stayed in bed all day and had to cancel a snorkeling trip that we had reserved. Talk about depressing!!
水曜日はルクソール。なんと朝６時のフライトだったので３時起きでした。
ちょーーー暑かった！シャルムも暑かったけど・・・なんと日陰で４０℃。帽子と日傘を使っていたが・・・まじ暑くて、外で歩くのが辛かった。
Wednesday woke up at 3am and headed to Luxor on a 6am flight. It was so hot. It was 40 degrees in the shade!!!
最初は West Bank側。あっち行って、こっち行って。王家の谷、ハトシェプストの葬祭殿。お昼を食べて、東岸へ。ルクソール神殿。カルナック神殿。暑くて、ゆっくり歩けなかった。結局フライトの３時間前ぐらいに終わり、ホテルのロビーでぼーっとしていた。
First it was the West side. Checked out the Valley of the Kings, mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Also saw the Colossi of Memnon. Ate lunch and then it was to the East side. Temple of Luxor and Karnak. It was too hot to walk around slowly and take pictures so we ended up finishing really early. Stayed at the lobby of some hotel for about 3 hours until our flight!
木曜日はギザ。やっとピラミッド。今回は中に入りました。人数が少なく、スイスイと中へ入れた。スフィンクスもみたし。そして、一番古いピラミッド、サッカラへも行きました。
夜はナイルクルーズ。ベリーダンスのショーとまたベドウィンディナーと同じダンスがありました。
Thursday we went to Giza. Finally saw the pyramid. Also went to Saqqara which is the oldest pyramid, I think.
Dinner for that night was on a cruise on the Nile. There was a belly dancer and a bedouin dancer. Also singers as well.
で、金曜日は帰る日。空港の入り口が人でいっぱい。何かと思ったら、なぜか人を通してない。チェックインができない！！そして、何人か無理やり入り込み・・・そしたらみんなが入ろうとして・・・ちょっと大変なことに。なんなんだー！って感じ。無事チェックインして、飛行機に乗れました。
Friday was spent on the plane. Ate breakfast and headed for the airport. It was very crowded. There were people at the entrance to the airport! For some reason they were not letting people in so we couldn't check in. Eventually some people tried to get through... and then more people started to push to get through... it kind of got crazy. Finally we got through the security and checked in. Things went smoothly once we were inside..ery hectic trip. Except for the two days in Sharm el Sheikh. Lots of lounging around the pool.... That was nice. Lots of moving around a lot and hectic schedule, but it was fun!!
Anyway, sorry for the very short description of the trip. I want to write more, but... it gets to be a pain! Maybe I will try to be more specific later...? Maybe I should have written one entry a day instead of trying to write it all at once, huh?
Got work tomorrow! AAaaaahhhhh.... I hope I will be able to survive. lol.
ま、とても忙しい旅行でした。でもシャルムではゆっくりできたか。プールでのんびり～。あっち行って、こっち行って、移動もめちゃくちゃ多かったけど、とても楽しかった。
なんか、旅行の内容書くのって大変だ！最初は書く気はあるが・・・だんだん書いていくうちになくなってしまう。トホホ。１日を１エントリーにするばよかったかも。
明日は仕事か。がんばらなくては！
朝行ってきました。結構人がいてびっくり！Voteしてそのまま電車に乗って有楽町へ。ちょっとウロウロしてまた電車に乗って、横浜へGO！
Woke up this morning and went to vote. (Read about it on CNN) After that went to Yokohama.
Went to 「Egypt's Sunken Treasures」 It's quite expensive! We got there relatively early, I think (even though it was past noon.) It was crowded, but there was a line when we left for tickets and there wasn't any when we got there.
Anyway, it was pretty cool seeing the statues and stuff. Pretty neat to think that they were in the ocean all this time.
今日は「海のエジプト展」に行きました。以外と高い！と思いました。まーでもすごいものが結構ありました。なんか、スフィンクスとかめちゃ近くて・・・びっくりだよ。触ってしまいたいぐらい近かった。本物？！ってちょっと疑ってしまうぐらい・・・
先日三越に行ってきたので、マカロン買いました～。今お茶を飲みながら食べていますけど・・・やっぱり美味しい。ココナッツ味のが美味しい。キャラメルのも甘いけど美味しい。美味しい。美味しい。濃い紅茶に合う～
保冷剤にもロゴがある。すごい。そうそう、この箱は贈り物ではないバージョン。なんて言うの！？言葉がでてこない。まーいいや。甘いもん食いすぎだ。
Was at Mitsuyoshi the other day and bought macarons. Macaroons? I'm eating them right now. Sooooo good. Yum, yum, yum!!!!
