Sunday, February 15, 2009
Finally, Myoko Kogen
Well it has been an eventful trip, but not for the good reasons.
While everything went to schedule leaving Melbourne to Tokyo (via Sydney), unfortunately David started to have a pretty serious toothache on departure, which meant a sleepless night for both of us.
Upon arrival, it was clear we need to find him treatment.
Fortunately being the geek I am, I used my Blackberry Bold (the only Blackberry that works in Japan) to find a local dentist near our office and we set off.
So to make a long story short, there was my work, a dentist, the Shinkansen to Nagano, and then the local train to Myoko Kogen, another dentist, lots of pain, more dentists, more sleeping and here we are . . Sunday, and our first snowboard!
Unfortunately, the weather and snow has been crap here.
The snow is 1/3 what they normally receive, and about 10oC warmer for this time of year. So while the pictures look pretty, it is pretty bleak, and the local businesses are feeling it -- all are struggling, which is sad, as it is a nice place.
That said, we're getting old, so the groomed runs, spring snow and sun was easy enough for us. They are predicting snow tonight, so hopefully we'll have a nice day tomorrow! .
While everything went to schedule leaving Melbourne to Tokyo (via Sydney), unfortunately David started to have a pretty serious toothache on departure, which meant a sleepless night for both of us.
Upon arrival, it was clear we need to find him treatment.
Fortunately being the geek I am, I used my Blackberry Bold (the only Blackberry that works in Japan) to find a local dentist near our office and we set off.
So to make a long story short, there was my work, a dentist, the Shinkansen to Nagano, and then the local train to Myoko Kogen, another dentist, lots of pain, more dentists, more sleeping and here we are . . Sunday, and our first snowboard!
Unfortunately, the weather and snow has been crap here.
The snow is 1/3 what they normally receive, and about 10oC warmer for this time of year. So while the pictures look pretty, it is pretty bleak, and the local businesses are feeling it -- all are struggling, which is sad, as it is a nice place.
That said, we're getting old, so the groomed runs, spring snow and sun was easy enough for us. They are predicting snow tonight, so hopefully we'll have a nice day tomorrow! .
# posted by KLS : 20:46
