Bless 'er little cotton bobbin socks!
Me mum's comming to visit! Ain't that nice? She's finally decided to get her little butt on a little plain and haul ass from little old England to crazy old Japan. And it only took several guilt-laden phone calls, letters and e-mails... guilt is a powerful tool!
Got herself a bargain too, flying from rainy Manchester to rainy Paris, then on to rainy Tokyo for the bargain price of £500. Perhaps then, me lovely mum can spend a few pennies on the lovely moi?!? Tokyo's a difficult city to live in when you're a poor humble English teacher like me!
But it seems my mum's semse of adventure has ebbed away with age (not sure if her sense of adventure ever stretched far beyond the hot pants of the 60's...), for she dared not travel alone. She'll be dragging along her wee buddy. Hence it'll be me and a couple of old birds taking on Toyko this Christmas. Old birds - I jest! Fighting fit and in their fifties, I'm sure we can show those wee teeny-boppers in Shibuya a thing or two... (anyone care to make a wager?). Three ladies in a teeny-weeny apartment - will there be tantrums and tears over the hairdryer? Maybe not, but I'm sure me mother will protest over me watching TV whilst listening to music and pouring over the net. It's an odd new habit I've developed. I like electricity.
So, we'll be off to Kyoto. Me mum wants to see a Geisha. Hard to find these days me thinks, but one shall endeavour to do ones best! And if we cannot find, then we shall become! You can pay rediculous amounts of money to be dressed and made-up like a Geisha. Splendid. I wanna do Kobe too, apparently they have fantastic illuminations at Christmas time (probs something to do with the fact that bloomin' western foreigners took over the wee port town way back when). Let's hope these ladies have no probs doing three or four cities in 10 days... And let's hope my purse strings will stretch a little (credit card, credit card, credit card...!!).
Then there's the karaoke and booze, maybe a dash of Roppongi, a bit of NY Eve craziness, and - of course - sushi!
Ah, it'll be a Merry Ol' Christmas!
Got herself a bargain too, flying from rainy Manchester to rainy Paris, then on to rainy Tokyo for the bargain price of £500. Perhaps then, me lovely mum can spend a few pennies on the lovely moi?!? Tokyo's a difficult city to live in when you're a poor humble English teacher like me!
But it seems my mum's semse of adventure has ebbed away with age (not sure if her sense of adventure ever stretched far beyond the hot pants of the 60's...), for she dared not travel alone. She'll be dragging along her wee buddy. Hence it'll be me and a couple of old birds taking on Toyko this Christmas. Old birds - I jest! Fighting fit and in their fifties, I'm sure we can show those wee teeny-boppers in Shibuya a thing or two... (anyone care to make a wager?). Three ladies in a teeny-weeny apartment - will there be tantrums and tears over the hairdryer? Maybe not, but I'm sure me mother will protest over me watching TV whilst listening to music and pouring over the net. It's an odd new habit I've developed. I like electricity.
So, we'll be off to Kyoto. Me mum wants to see a Geisha. Hard to find these days me thinks, but one shall endeavour to do ones best! And if we cannot find, then we shall become! You can pay rediculous amounts of money to be dressed and made-up like a Geisha. Splendid. I wanna do Kobe too, apparently they have fantastic illuminations at Christmas time (probs something to do with the fact that bloomin' western foreigners took over the wee port town way back when). Let's hope these ladies have no probs doing three or four cities in 10 days... And let's hope my purse strings will stretch a little (credit card, credit card, credit card...!!).
Then there's the karaoke and booze, maybe a dash of Roppongi, a bit of NY Eve craziness, and - of course - sushi!
Ah, it'll be a Merry Ol' Christmas!
posted by BB @ 10:24 pm
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