WE arrived home last night. THANK GOODNESS!! We had a good time but it is really great to be home. It took over six hours on the train to get there on Friday. When we got in we ate McDonald's and then went to Odori Park. They had already cleared out the snow sculptures but it was still really beautiful. We went up the TV tower which is basically just a small replica of the Eiffel tower. It was really cool to see the city from up there. Sapporo is really huge. Over one million people. Hardly anyone spoke English though and it was tough to order food and stuff. In Misawa most menus and shops have English ... Not in Sapporo. We ate at the TV tower at some funky organic restaurant place. It was good. Then we went back to the hotel and passed out. We spent Saturday seeing the sights. Sapporo has a really great history and it was really great to see the buildings from the 1870's that Americans designed and they are still up!! Surrounded by a modern city. Dave was in heaven at the Sapporo beer factory which was the main reason for our visit. The tour wasn't in English so we just looked around and then went to get some beers. HeHe. There was one really cool part of the tour that had all of their old advertisement posters. They are really neat. I bought a few post cards and will scan and put them in the photo album . Check them out.
We had a great time but are really glad to be home. We pick Wendy up from the Kennel tomorrow morning. Thank goodness I really miss her!!! Today I am cleaning house and doing laundry. FUN. No I really don't mind laundry and cleaning.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. Enjoy your Monday if you get it off!!..
