In celebration of this fine moment-that was actually a week ago-here is a list of all the things we have come to love since moving to Japan:
- our ramen shop
- sleeping on a futon mat
- eating everything with chopsticks
- the children's school uniforms-especially the hats
- curry stew cooked inside donuts
- packaging
- train rides
- brandon's acquired rice addiction
- little Japanese men dressing to the 9's to walk around town
- tiny plants
- Dutch theme parks
- taxi's
- shochu
- learning how to write about our adventures
- peanut butter, nutella, and honey
- big umbrellas
- gin
- toilets that make rain forest sounds
- getting mail
- stairs
Just for kicks, here are some things we don't really like:
- stairs
- our A/C unit runs on a 3 hour timer
- we can't figure out how to use the dryer
- we can stand in our bathroom and kitchen at the same time
- the weak US dollar
- the mean guy at Hotto Motto
- laundry
- being 6,559 miles from our friends and family
a picture from our first day in Sasebo-and our first meal.