The blithe wife's diary: Winter Honeymoon

We spent a romantic 3 weeks of honeymoon in Canada, US and Japan.

And the whole trip was a blast!

3 places? yeh, we had a good deal on SQ11 and Air Canada. Accommodation? my Aunt’s crib in Canada :)

And y Japan? My husband wanted to go to Disneyland so much! Since our flight transit in Narita, Japan and we had a free stopover there, so i thot i’d surprise him. So off we went to Tokyo Disneyland.

I met a Japanese Facebook pal, Alisa in Tokyo. She brought us around for sightseeing and food tasting! lol Yes foood! But to my surprised, it was difficult to find sushi! In Japan? erk… Then i realised, it was Winter. They had pork & meat only..No fish. At all

There were this one incident that we find it was kinda funny actually whereby we went out for sightseeing on our own that night, and wanted to venture more places in Narita. But the only set back for us, non Japanese speakers was that there were None English signage around except “IN” & “OUT”. -_-” c’monnn! who wouldnt understand thaaat?

This was written by the Japanese lady at Narita Airport customer service counter

Its funny that the directory is up there

It was hard for us to understand the places she meant, so she wrote it down :)

And if you realized the timing written as 9:49 there, indeed the train did arrived on the dot at 9:49 sharp!

Not even at 9:50 or something. We were amazed by their punctuality.

Another example on the day we were meeting up with Alisa at the hotel lobby at 11am.

But she texted me to inform that she would be late, as she will be reaching at 11:05am!

Man~ That's only 5 min.. I find it cute tho. And i felt guilty for that caused when she arrived to find us still having our breakfast. -_-"

The train tickets

My Husband and i at Asakusa

Asakusa

Asakusa is the center of Tokyo’s “low city”. We were standing in front of the Kaminari Gate, a large entrance leading to Asakusa’s main attraction known as the Sensoji, a very popular Buddhist temple, built in the 7^th century. There tourist can find a shopping street, the Nakamise, with more than 50 shops which offer variety of traditional, local snacks and souvenirs, and leads to the temple ground. Alisya guided us around the temple, and we tasted some local snacks!

Not far away from Asakusa, we saw a tall building that looks like the Space Needle in Seattle, it is called The Tokyo Skytree. During our visit, at that time, it has not yet open. L It is by the way the tallest building in Japan.

Thats me and Alisa Ishino at Nakamise

Harajuku

So what else can you think of about Japan? Anime? Cosplay? Fashion? Here you can find Japan’s most extreme fashion styles. Harajuku! Ring a bell? Yes, the street is like a parade! Like those anime characters come to live! Just look at the crowd on Takeshita Street, where the focal point of Harajuku’s teenage culture is. And there I spotted my all time fave.. Liz Lisa! OMG. Its time to splurge!

Takeshita Street

Ginza

Had enough of those traditional shopping? Let’s drop by Ginza; Tokyo’s most famous upmarket shopping, dining, and entertainment district. Trust me, everything is expensive there! They say that a cup of coffee will cost you at $10! We did not encounter that though but a decent meal that we had there was quite pricy. *sorry couldn't be specific as i cant remember

In the evening we went to the launching of UNIQLO; global Japanese retailer. In Ginza, it was 12^th storey high with different sections at every level. It is by the way the company’s biggest store in the world. I can’t even take picture of the interior as it was jam packed inside! But we did manage to explore every level! -_-“

Check this out if you guys are curious eh: http://tokyofashion.com/uniqlo-ginza-opening-pictures/

Tokyo Disneyland

Finally, Disneyland! My husband and I love theme parks! We had our first official date at Universal Studio Singapore too. Haha! Annniwayy, Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park outside of the US. And Tokyo has Disneyland and Disneysea. But I went to Disneyland only. It was expensive~ I cant remember the exact amount but we paid S100++ per pax! And gosh, we dint really enjoy as much as we did in Hong Kong Disneyland. *Shall dedicate an entry on our Hong Kong trip some time* Basically because, we were hungry as there were no Halal meals to be found. (lemme know if anyone knows k) Also, we went on March, it was Japan sch holiday! OMG! You guessed it.. Crowded! A guess how long we had to Q for a ride? 2 hrs! -_-“ Ok but we did stayed until the closing ceremony! All in all, I enjoyed spending quality time with my husband there.. awwwww. Lol

Meanwhile in Canada, we had sushi for 3x.

I missed everythg bout Canada. So many changes ever since the last time i visited with my family couple years back. And there i was, this time round with my husband :) Kept me reminiscing to every places visited. Esp in Gastown & Capilano.

I was invited for a school tour in Capilano University. So i requested to be arranged during our stay there. We were greeted so warmly & friendly.

Too busy exploring the campus that I'v forgotten to capture some snapshots of us there :(

I just love this guy so much

When boredom strikes~

Ok da borring gile

We were so unfortunate to be seated nearby the Exit as the window had no blind.
Thus the steward help us to paste it (For your safety) hahahai~

Magnum by SQ

At Vancouver Airport

just 3 days after the wedding

Stanely Park

It is Vancouver’s first, largest and most beloved urban parks, bordering downtown Vancouver. (It is more than 10% larger than New York City's Central Park and almost half the size of London's Richmond Park. Wikipedia.org)

We love nature too, and enjoyed the scenic view of the rain forest, water, and mountains. The last time I visited Stanley Park when I was 9. On Dec 2006, a storm ravaged the park, causes thousands of trees damaged, and seawall was also destabilized. So it was different from the time I visited with my family back then. And I remembered very well of The Hollow Tree; the most photographed element. Somehow, they managed to save the tree by realigning and stabilizing it! On the top right corner and bottom left of the pix is the Totem Poles, a large collection of monuments.

Capilano

Just minute from downtown Vancouver, we visited the Capilano Suspension Bridge; another one of British Colombia’s most famous attraction. The bridge stretches above Capilano River. It does looks scary, and you can swing it left to right. -_-“

Wanting something more thrilling? Then check out the Cliffwalk; the park newest attraction.

We also hop from tree to tree on the Treetops Adventure which has secured viewing platform and 7 suspension bridges.

Alberta, Banff

We stayed in Chateau Lake Louise, and oh my gosh, we just love the beautiful and extremely stunning view of the frozen lake, mountain peaks, the majestic Victoria Glacier, ice sculpture, and just amazed with everything. We went Snow shoeing on the lake too!

Whistler

Features 2 majestic mountains, a beautiful venue for skiing and snowboarding. It is in fact consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America. *www.whistler.com/about

My Aunt an cousin brought us to their usual place for Sushi

That guy behind me is my canadian cousin. He brought us around Gastown

Boots shopping!

These Japadog are famous here. Its actually a hotdog with wasabi i think that's what makes it so Japanese

We had nice oyster at Kits Beach

It was freeeeezing but we were so curios as they offered 218 flavors!

Can you imagine the taste of a Garlic flavored ice-cream? euww!

But i actually did tasted it. And it tasted like a cold icy garlic! Duh~

And and, tapai flavor ice-cream! And so many other weird flavors which i dint dare to try.

So i settled with Peach Apricot Sorbetto and Passion Fruit+Orange+Guava Sorbetto flavors.

Seattle

Since Seattle is just at the border, we made time to drop by. We hopped on to the Space Needle, the observation deck. Think the ticket was about $19/pax. We took the elevator to reach the top for a few seconds. From the top we can see Seattle downtown skyline, Elliot Bay and Mt.Baker too! Been there with my family when i was younger back then.

We also went to the Public Market Center, the oldest continually public farmers' market in the US. You may find the first ever Starbucks store, the world's oldest Starbucks.