Trip to Greece - part 1

So basically, tickets back to the States cost about as much as a trip to Greece plus due to some time-share magic on the part of Anne's parents the hotel for the first week would essentially be free... so.... we're going to Greece!  Later today we're driving to the shinkansen station about an hour and a half away.  The bullet train to Tokyo takes about two hours.  The express train from Tokyo station to Narita airport takes about an hour and a half.  We take our first flight later tonight to Beijing (4 hours).  Next from Beijing to Munich (10 hours).  Then Munich to Athens (2.5 hours).  Finally Athens to the small Greek island where we'll be staying for the first week (about 1 hour).  So... it's going to be a long day.

Luckily I have my Nintendo 3DS, iPhone with Kindle App, and my laptop so between dozing off and playing with those I think I'll be OK.

Anyway... here are some amusing pictures for your enjoyment:

 The name of the baseball stadium in Sendai... and I thought the ones in the US were bad...

 

The sign to the left is explaining how to make "American style" s'mores (sumoa in Japanese).

 The name of a popular brand of sports drink given to Anne.  Try saying, 

"I love drinking Pocari Sweat!"

For some reason spam is a really popular imported item... I never realized it came in these flavors.

It had been quite a while since I saw such a long rainbow, so I took this while in Ishinomaki.