After a 12 hour flight and years of planning we finally made it to Japan. I'd been looking for a decent deal to Japan for ages. Tracking on Google Flights. Searching different points websites. Then finally a flight showed up on Points Yeah the same week Meadow and Theo were off for 3 days. After a nervous half hour of transferring points from our credit card to KLM Air France, we got 4 direct tickets to Tokyo Haneda! Day 1 But first we had to fly and fly and fly. Ready for our longest flight ever. At least we were lucky and got a direct flight. Theo looked nervous. I couldn't really see the kids too well since I was stuck in the center rows with strangers. Meadow, Brooke and Theo got the better end of the deal. He had been worrying about this trip ever since he learned we were going to have to sleep on the plane. Meadow was excited to see that the flight had anime. First time in a long time that I've had a meal on the plane. My chicken curry was pretty good. We got an...
I usually forgo any birthday presents as I choose a birthday cabin instead. This year I was spoiled for my 41st birthday. They got me some Japanese house slippers. She loved them so much in Japan that we had to treat her. If it's Lent you know we have to go to a church fish fry. Of course we had to go to St. Albert's. No one else in the Twin Cities compares. Usually we try to get here right when it starts, this time we came near the end and had a bit of a wait. This place never gets old. Best church fish fry in the Twin Cities. The kids just want the endless desserts. We were too late for the bingo. Next year we'll have to time it out so we can do that too. Loving my new slippers. I guess I'm on a Japanese breakfast kick. Today I attempted to make a rice cooker pancake. Our rice cooker kept wanting to go to keep warm, so this took longer than expected. We have a pretty basic Zojirushi, not sure if that hurt or helped. Think it turned out pretty, pretty good. A big sn...