What Time Is It?

It's 4:30. That's not late! No, it's early, early, early!

Here we are in a Tokyo hotel room at an entirely too early time of morning. We're trying everything we can think of to keep Locutus happy and quiet until it's a more reasonable hour and we can exchange our vouchers for train tickets, get food, and go tour the Imperial Gardens. I was going to try to post some pictures, but the only ones I've snapped so far are on my iPhone and the new computer and iPhone aren't playing too well together yet.

Locutus has made a bunch of new friends already, including one of the flight attendants. He spent take off leaning over the arm rest of his chair and waving back and forth with her, completely oblivious to the fact that the giant metal tube we were speeding along in was leaving terra firma. That was the beginning of a beautiful 10 hour friendship.

Locutus did not need any of the gravol and took to the entire flying experience very well. He spent so much time in each of the galleys on the plane that he now knows where to find extra napkins, chopsticks, and, most importantly, the beer. He was very warm on the plane (as were Lance and I - I think running up and down the aisles helped contribute to this a little) so it wasn't long before he'd stripped down to a diaper and socks. Even then he was drawn to the very back of the plane where it was refrigerated.

The most confusing part so far has been for the Japanese immigration, customs, and hotel clerks who just don't understand where the rest of our baggage is. They were all very concerned that we had forgotten something. Luckily, aside from not having a writing instrument for our customs forms, it looks like we did remember everything.

Our hotel was easy to find. Very close to Tokyo station. However, Tokyo station is at least the size of Metrotown and we had to walk from one end to the other first in order to get to the exit next to our hotel. The lobby has a train set of Tokyo in it! The staff even ran over to turn it on for me when I was showing it to Locutus. They also have provided an adorable 'children's amenity set' that has a cute little bag with a children's wash cloth, kid size slippers, and a toothbrush & paste set. To show his appreciation, our son is helping them arrange the hotel room properly by relocating the waste bin to the middle of the hallway, tv remote to the bathroom floor, and liberally decorating with bits of torn up toilet paper. I'm sure they'll thank us on the way out!