Monthly Archives: December 2004

Day #15: New Year’s Eve shopping chaos in the snow

Posted on 12/31/2004 by Peter

As the snow got more and more, Ritsu and I went on a mission to Sengawa to get fresh food for New Year’s Eve (mainly fish pieces) and I had fun to watch the crazier-than-usual hustle and bustle in one … Continue reading →

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Daily Julius: Happy New Year’s Eve Day Morning

Posted on 12/31/2004 by Peter

Waking up and having some playtime with Miffy. And looking outside: snowflakes are falling!

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Day #14: Shopping and Shrimping Out

Posted on 12/30/2004 by Peter

Thanks to grandma Keiko being the baby sitter, we had the rare chance to go to the city for about 5 hours door to door to do some shopping in Shinjuku. The hustle and bustle of these center points is … Continue reading →

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Daily Julius: testing the portable highchair

Posted on 12/30/2004 by Peter

This morning we tried this new foldable, portable, table-attachable high-chair which we had ordered online. While it first looked too small, it fits well and hopefully will be useable for another 3-4 months. Julius really liked it, but sitting like … Continue reading →

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Sengawa winter wonderland

Posted on 12/29/2004 by Peter

The snow was not just a joke .. it turned into nice big flakes and layed a nice white cover all over (well, slushy stuff on the roads). On our stroll to the sushi place I took some video. Even … Continue reading →

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Day #13: Sushi Lunch

Posted on 12/29/2004 by Peter

After Ritsu returned from her business thing we walked through the snow, which had grown to big fat flakes and starts to stay / builds icky mush on the street to the one slightly overprized sushi place nearby, where we … Continue reading →

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Daily Julius: His first snow

Posted on 12/29/2004 by Peter

No, it does NOT snow in Fiji. We are still on our holiday trip in Japan. And this morning after we got up, we noticed those flakes falling (have not seen that for a while myself) and some of it … Continue reading →

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Day #12

Posted on 12/28/2004 by Peter

In the morning kangaroo dad Peter and little packed-tight-and-warm Julius left for a walk and a stroll to the supermarket. There a very old lady could not really believe / imagine how Julius was attached to me … first I … Continue reading →

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Daily Julius: Video: First Girlfriend

Posted on 12/28/2004 by Peter

Some playtime with his big bunny love Miffy, huggling, snuggling, kissing, biting ears and feet, throwing her around a bit and comparing fashion notes on orange outfits. She is one of his many bunnies (for some reasons many of his … Continue reading →

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Day #11: Lot’s of walking around

Posted on 12/27/2004 by Peter

Ah, feeling much better today: So we decided to stroll to the supermarket fairly early, which also meant that the meat selection was not yet all out. So we bought half of what we needed and returned home. This supermarket … Continue reading →

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Daily Julius: Reading Books with Mommy

Posted on 12/26/2004 by Peter

While daddy spent most of the day in bed, Julius enjoyed reading books with mommy. He listens very attentively, loves the pictures and of course nibbles on the pages from time to time.

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Day #10: Sick-Day

Posted on 12/26/2004 by Peter

Oh what fun, recently I have developed occasional high bloodpressure occurences and the pre-travel stress and the dry air here must have so dehydrated me that I woke up at 3 AM with a very fuzzy feeling. This got even … Continue reading →

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Day #9: Brunch / Return / Hotpot

Posted on 12/25/2004 by Peter

And here is your daily sunrise: (Click for big, screensaver size 1260×768, this time for widescreen screens), and yes, some photoshopping was involved) For breakfast we tried the brunch buffet in the hotel which was plenty and nice and a … Continue reading →

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Day #8: Izukogen Holiday Trip Day #2

Posted on 12/24/2004 by Peter

Merry Xmas Eve Day everyone. I guess this will be a rather short entry because the whole day was just about sleeping, bathing and eating. Getting up early has the advantage of enjoying a spectacular sunrise over that island that’s … Continue reading →

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Izukogen Holiday Trip Day #1

Posted on 12/23/2004 by Peter

For our holiday trip we left around 10:30, taking 2 taxis (5.5 people plus luggage) to the train station. In total we had to take 4 different trains and Julius slept most of the time, or he was reason enough … Continue reading →

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