FOURTH homecoming in less than 2 years.... yeah we've got this down now! This one was extra special since Debbie and Steve were here too! The ship pulled in a few days before Thanksgiving in the morning. Luckily I have a great lookout (Thanks Lois) who texted me when she saw the ship coming so Debbie, Steve, and myself were able to drive to the other side of base and watch it pull into the base from a few different points. Then we drove over to watch the long process of it coming pier side and the sailors actually getting off... It was about 2 hours, but that was nothing! It was a long awaited homecoming and a beautiful day on top of it! Damian came home to a house full since Debbie and Steve were our first visitors to arrive.
The next day was the day before Thanksgiving so I spent the morning doing a little prep work and then we headed over to Mikasa Park which is just a short walk from the base. AT Mikasa Park we toured Mikasa Battleship that is now a museum there. Damian and I hadn't done this before so it was pretty neat, it was a lot bigger than we thought it was and it took us a few hours to tour the whole thing. It was kind of neat because from the top of the ship you have a gorgeous panoramic view of the base and the bay! Again, another beautiful fall day in Japan! We didn't even need jackets- please note this for a few days from this where we are all bundled up and in rain gear!!! This was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and that night my Mom arrived from her BIG Asia adventure. Before she got to Japan she had been in Taiwan, China, and Korea... and traveling for quite a few weeks! Now, all of our visitors had arrived. The first night we took them to our favorite sushi-go-round for dinner which is always a fun time and super oishii too! On our walk back to base we stopped to take lots of pictures of the manhole covers... who knew they were so pretty- good thing Debbie was on the lookout! After looking into this further, each prefecture (like a state) has different designs on their manhole covers... many of them in bright colors and beautiful images of Japan! On the 3 block walk back to base I think we spotted about 10 different ones! (Perhaps with a few pictures I will have another blog just for this topic).
The next day was Thanksgiving and we had a house full and the world felt right. It was a nice day and we spent relaxing at home and I was cooking up a storm in the kitchen. This was my first FULL Thanksgiving dinner on my own... no pressure with my Mom AND Mother-in-law here... haha! It all went off without a hitch- for a vegetarian I cook a mean turkey! We had all the essentials... mashed potatoes, stuffin' muffins, squash risotto, green bean casserole... and for dessert homemade pumpkin pie (crust too), apple crisp, and whipped cream I whipped myself by hand!!!! YUMMMMM! We had a nice day, very relaxing and lots of family time- something Damian and I both needed! All in all a great success!
Japanese Word of the Day:
Kazoku (kah-zo-koo): Family
The next day was Thanksgiving and we had a house full and the world felt right. It was a nice day and we spent relaxing at home and I was cooking up a storm in the kitchen. This was my first FULL Thanksgiving dinner on my own... no pressure with my Mom AND Mother-in-law here... haha! It all went off without a hitch- for a vegetarian I cook a mean turkey! We had all the essentials... mashed potatoes, stuffin' muffins, squash risotto, green bean casserole... and for dessert homemade pumpkin pie (crust too), apple crisp, and whipped cream I whipped myself by hand!!!! YUMMMMM! We had a nice day, very relaxing and lots of family time- something Damian and I both needed! All in all a great success!
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