Before the big plunge into NEW YARS..Yar!!

So here we are at the end on 2007 and were in Japan and lovin' the time we have here so far....anyways to all a Happy New Years and all that stuff. Here is the rest of us and things before 2008.

Mothra please come back Mothra!!!








Hey hey this is some of our colleagues in Okayama which is where our head office is and is 2 hrs away from us.






So many deep conversations come out when sweet sweet drunk talk is happening.







Best pumpkin pie ever!!!!EVER!!!!








So the company changed names....which means the previous toothpick is invalid...had to make a new one with iTTTi Japan on it :D






So this is another temple in Yonago that we found biking around.







And we actually walked up to this one this time.








This is where (I assume) they get water for blessings...or something like that....







Closer picture of the fountain head.








And this is where it all happens....I did not feel comfortable going any further.







Picture from the back to the front of the temple.








Julia on her Bike.....Yeaaaaaay!!!








Me on my Bike.............!








I'm liken these sun through the cloud pick's








A little field we stumbled across on our walk.








"After they're departure from there bikes Julia began to feel like someone was following them."







Nothing can beat Duckies :D








Except me in a Temple Garden!!!!








On a train and on our way to Matsue to meet up with one of our fellow teachers (Martin) to eat dinner and party it up. By the way thankx Don & Joyce for the awesome hat for my B-day.








And Julia across from me :P *Sweet Pea*











After Dinner for a drinkie poo!!!








This is a bar as well as being a clothing store...anything goes in Japan :)







Drunk Lovers.........








Martin is a Physics graduate and I'm a Graduate of goofy talk.....So our conversations were on par with each other ;)






Aaaaaa Martin you crazy Icelander.








Julia and some of the crazy bar flies.








This is Seiji and me he owns his own bar but is friends with the owner of this bar too....he is also spinning at this bar on New Years.






Seiji and the gang.








This young man found out that I was putting these on my blog and said he wished he was dressed better....so I lent him my coat.






So that was a great night out and I'll leave this entry by showing a great dinner that was the last photos that we took before the New Years trip enjoy because we did MMMMMmmmmm.

Julia and here big bottle of beer...BIG BOTTLE of BEER.








And this is what I'm drinking...MMMmmmm 15% Green Apple Alcohol.










And this is the dinner that went with those drinks...Spinach Linguine, Kissed with pesto, Asparagus, Pan seared Leeks & toasted pine nuts.






Next Stop NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WoW so many months have passed!!!!!!

So it's been a long time since my last post sorry all but adjusting to a new job and culture has had our heads spinning around for a while now...well we are doin' great now that our job is getting a lot easier and were starting to get out with some peeps from work and meeting lot of locals and making some new friends. This has to be some of craziest stuff we have done yet coming to Japan but it has been a dream for a long time now and its starting to become everything that we want it to be....next on the list is New Years in Tokyo from the 28th-the 2nd of January JOY and were going to be starting some Japanese lessons soon so we can better communicate and make some more friends in our area. So enjoy these pic's Julia and I took theres not that many but because of us now coming out of our shells of comfort and seeing everything more now....pictures should be flying out of this blog to hit you in the face in the new year...on a side note there is a video of us doing a tour of our apartment on the the net and if you want to see it you can e-mail me or Julia to get the link....ENJOY :D

So you know how Japan is famous for Godzilla...well
I met Mantra on my first day in Yonago.







Shrine'a'rific ya'll! This is a shrine in our town of Yonago.







This is a pond in front of the shrine....MMmmmmm PEACEFUL....







Lilly Lishous pond!








So this is a bike path by the Sea 2min from where our apartment is.







MMmmmm Bamboo everywhere....EVERYWHERE!!!!







I..i..I'm not sure???? it was very skidish even though it is like 3 inches long!!!!







More path!!!!








Pretty flower I wish I could identify you :)








Uber Granny bikes we bought to get our selves around the home town YES complete with stylish and particle baskets.






First day at the beach in our homer town...I miss the ocean (The Sea here in Japan) having been inland for the last 6 years....and the water is soooooo bloody warm here.





Sparrow Mmmm.Mmmm lunch'a'rific lunch!!!! and beach lounging.







Julia's action sequence.....AND ACTION!!!! Ok she's just frolicking ;)







Bill looks over the Horizon and sees....a lot of water!








I picked up a lot of shells that day...here are some of them.







"Haha...hey guy we're partying! Where are you?" "haha Chirp yea later"







Sue me I like to harass bugs....








A wave attacked Julia while she was playing in the water...it just came from outta no where...."bastard wave" *grumble*










Julia observing the next town in the distance.








This is a shrine we located on one of our random trek's








So I'll end this post with the carving of a dragon over the entrance to the shrine :)







So I hope you all enjoy this post and there is one more but I have to take Julia on a bike and coffee brake so I'll finish it later and be back before you even know I was gone....love to all and have a good one YA.