Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Today we went back to Tokyo. It was so nice to be at our first hotel, The New Otani. Talk about the lap of luxury. We all felt like we were "home." After arriving, we really didn't have an agenda, so we went out and did some shopping at Askusa, which we had gone to for sightseeing early in the trip. We're old pros at riding the subway now, and we even helped another American who was lost and confused. We all said that you know you've arrived when you can help someone else decipher the subway system.

A bunch of us went out for dinner. It wasn't too jolly of a crowd, though, because about half of our group is not feeling well. I'm really hoping that I don't catch it. The last thing I want is to be sick on the way home. Dinner was good for me. I had a cheese pizza, and I ate the whole thing. Mmmm, good. I'm really looking forward to getting some good old American food.