Friday - Cloudy and cooler
I’m back! Did you miss me? We had a lovely time over in Sendai and even the getting there and back was good too.
We left Tsuruoka on Wednesday around 11:00. It didn’t have the greatest start. F forgot that I hadn't eaten yet and drove in the wrong direction from the restaurant we had agreed on. Our next choice was closed, so we ended up at a roadside farmer's market/restaurant. Surprisingly, they had really good food and we enjoyed our meal.
We arrived at our hotel and we checked in. They suggested upgrading our room and F went along with it. We did end up with a nice room, it overlooked the garden and had a small balcony, so that was nice. For some reason, we had two beds in the room so we each got our own.
We went over to the shopping area nearby and did a little window shopping. We also got some snacks too. We checked out the restaurants for later as well.
We went back to the hotel for a bit. Around 6 we walked back to the mall and had dinner at a gyutan restaurant. Sendai is known for gyutan or cow tongue and they have restaurants everywhere. We went. F had some very good gyutan and I had the regular one which we shared. The rest of the meals were exactly the same, so by sharing the meat we could both enjoy the same thing. F had a beer with dinner as well. I did a little shopping later on at the import store. Afterwards, we walked back to the hotel and relaxed. I tried to get the TV to connect to my phone so I could mirror something on my phone, but I couldn’t get it to work.
F went to bed fairly early on Wednesday, and I did for me too! I think I was in bed by 1:30. I slept till 9:00am as well. We had some coffee in the room and discussed what to do. I had thought that we’d go out of the hotel, but F didn’t want to take the car anywhere.
We went looking for a jacket for F, but first, we went for lunch. Yay. We had pasta and it was nice. We both had a combo, I had pasta and pizza, and F had pasta and a doria. It was rather nice. After our lunch, we went back to the outlet mall and went looking for a jacket for F. He’s bigger than most Japanese men seem to be, so most of the outlet stores didn’t have his size. However, the biggest problem with that was that he really just wanted to buy the same jacket he had when I met him. The one that would be at least 25 years old, with burn marks from when he smoked and ripped seams. Not surprisingly, none of the stores had it! He gave up after a while, but I got a new wok and a potato masher! Oh, and some chocolate. I bought us drinks for a bit and then we ended up going back to the import store for my friend.
Then, it was back to the hotel. It was only 2 or 3 pm, so I was surprised that F wanted to go back, but of course, he’s on crutches and he probably needed a break. We went back to the hotel and just relaxed. That was lovely, surprisingly. I thought I’d be bored, but I wasn’t! I updated my phone and read a bit and just enjoyed sitting in a real armchair again.
We talked about dinner ideas. F sort of wanted to go back to the mall but I suggested checking out the meal at the hotel to see if it was interesting or affordable. We went down and had a look. It sounded very nice. We’ve eaten at the hotel before, it is expensive but very nice.
They had a fairly reasonable course dinner so we went in and ordered that. We had a lovely meal and really enjoyed ourselves. I paid for F as he has trouble with wallets and crutches juggling and I used my hotel card and we got a discount. Yay!
We took a short walk around the garden and then checked out the guest lounge on the ground floor. They set it up for guests to go in and have coffee, or tea, and biscuits. We had a drink or two and looked out at the garden.
After an hour or so we went upstairs and just relaxed some more. I tried connecting my phone to the TV in the room and this time I got it to work. I gave F a choice of two movies and we ended up watching Last Night in Soho. We really liked it. It was quite violent in parts and a bit spooky, but overall it was a good watch.
One movie was enough, so I took my phone back and spent the rest of the night watching YouTube or reading and relaxing. Both F and I went to bed quite late. I think we both had baths. There was a gorgeous bath in the room so we both took one at different times. I didn’t want to get out!
This morning, F and I woke up. F took an early shower and I took one later. We finally did something that I’d been hoping to do all the time we were away. We went outside and had some pain au chocolate on the balcony with our coffee. We had to buy the pastries the day before, but they were still amazing. It was really nice and just something that I had wanted to do for ages!
We had to check out by 11 today. We were a couple of minutes late, but no worries. We had thought about going to Costco but stopped into a Japanese clothing store for F to see if he could get a jacket. Nope. He’s too picky. However, I did get some socks. Yay me.
We went to a mall and F got some money from an ATM, then we bought souvenirs for K and F’s sister. We got back in the car and decided to finally go for dinner. There was an Italian buffet place
nearby, so we went there. It was quite good, but of course, we both ate too much. It was a little stressful for me because F can’t carry his own tray at the moment, so I had to do it. It was fine, but he kept taking the food himself. I was wearing gloves so he really should have left it to me.
Anyway, after we finished eating, we discussed going to Costco and we realized that we didn’t need to really. We decided to just drive back to Tsuruoka.
I slept most of the way back but mostly stayed awake after Sagae. We came back to the house, unpacked the car and came up to our room.
A few hours later F went out to get a bento for his mother and we relaxed. Around 8 pm I suggested that we go out for dinner. F agreed to go to Cocos, so that’s where we went. We had a reasonably good meal. I got F’s drinks for him and we shared an order of fries that I got for free with my app.
We came back to the house after dinner. F went to bed fairly soon after, I’m still up of course. I watched some TV and something off the Fire Stick. That’s about it for my anniversary. It was a lovely few days away.
It’s a long weekend here so F is off until Tuesday. I hope we have a good few days! Come back later if you like and hear all about my days. Until tomorrow….
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