Tokyo!

The trip to Tokyo was a blast! It was nothing like I expected and always interesting. There was little English spoken there and few signs were Romanized. This led to much confusion on the part of Colleen and Jeff. We typically planned our outing, made some attempt to follow said plan, failed, watched what others did, emulated until successful. The subway was our greatest challenge and I say with great pride that by day 7 we were buying tickets in Japanese and getting to the actual desired destination. The guide books were completely wrong. They were apparently written by people who had only talked to people who had visited Japan. They misled us on every step. The city is gray, the people are quiet and respectful, and it rains a lot in August.