Friday, January 27, 2006

Japan!


Well today I got woken REALLY early and Takenori and Hiroyuki were there! Despite that, I was not very happy about being woken
up, and let the neighbourhood know that for about 10 minutes (just long enough to drive everyone mad). Anyway, once I calmed down,
we all got into a car and Takenori drove us to the airport. After saying goodbye to Takenori and Hiroyuki, Daddy & Mummy took me onto a plane and we flew to Auckland. It was a good flight, since the man sitting next to us moved to give us more space, and I got to have a bottle. We transferred to the international terminal in Auckland and then boarded a much larger plane! The nice staff on the plane gave us some jars of baby food and I had some juice during take-off and then finished off almost a whole jar of fruit & cereal. I felt very sleepy and they had this special bassinet seat that I got into and had a long sleep, probably around three hours. We still seemed to be in the air and I played with Mummy and Daddy for a while. After having some more food, I was getting tired again but couldn't get to sleep so I got a bit scratchy but Daddy took me for a walk around the plane. On the way, we got surrounded by 5 young Korean ladies who cooed and fussed over me for 20 minutes. I'm sure at least one of them wanted to take me home. Later, Daddy watched a movie called "The Island" while Mummy played with me. I finally got to have another bottle as we landed in a place called "Japan".After picking up their suitcases, Mummy & Daddy took me out into the arrivals area and I met two funny people, called Ojiichan (grandpa) and Obaachan (grandma). They were extremely happy and had huge smiles on their faces, so I was a bit unsure at first, but soon got used to them. They drove us a long way to their home, and now after playing in a special room called a tatami room for a while, we are all going to sleep.