Today will be an extremely short blog entry. Basically, today was simply a rest day to get ourselves ready for the next 3 days of insanity as we do Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea. We will be buying 3 day passes, and will most likely end up doing Disneyland tomorrow, and then Disney Sea on Thursday, and then on Friday we will decide which park we should do on the 3rd day. Today basically we took our time in the morning, and took the train to Yokohama Bay, which is where the Landmark Tower is located. Today was the first day on the whole trip that the sky has been cloud free, and the weather could only be described as windy as we got off the train. The wind however was fantastic, as it was blowing in straight across the bay, and it was the first time on the trip I have been out at midday without being swelteringly hot. It was actually very pleasant. We looked through the Landmark tower shopping plaza, and had lunch at Sizzler. It was good, but still not as good as the Australian version used to be (or still is, if you are lucky enough to live on the Gold Coast). Basically the meals were quite expensive, so we just stuck with the salad and desert bar. At $17 for an adult lunch, it was a little more expensive than the Australian version, and it had a lot less variety. Notably missing was the pasta bar, which I'm guessing would not have been as popular in Japan as it was in Australia. Also, the salad bar was a decent amount smaller, with only a limited selection of salads compared to what Aussies would remember. Still good though. Children under 3 eat for free at this Sizzler, so when we entered we told the waitress that Angela was 2, to which she loudly and proudly proclaimed that she was 3 because she had a birthday yesterday. So basically I had to fake an argument with her at the front of the store about her age, but it had the desired effect as she wasn't charged for her meal. The desert bar was similar, with vanilla, chocolate or mixture ice cream, and a range of other cakes and deserts such as crème caramel etc. The drinks bar was absolutely huge. There was about 6 different types of tea on offer, and about 4 different types of coffee, including an iced coffee dispenser. The soft drinks were standard fare, except the lemonade was pink, and tasted nothing like the lemonade we were used to. After lunch we had planned to go for a walk through the bayside amusement park, but were were basically all too tired and full. We jumped on the train, and got a direct route back to Shin-Yokohama station which is where our hotel is located. After afternoon rests, we walked down to the local "eat street" near the train station, on what was the most pleasant afternoon, temperature wise, that we have had while in Japan. I was very keen to try the tempura restaurant next door to our favorite curry house, but the restaurant was absolutely packed to the rafters, with more groups of people waiting outside. A sure fire sign that the food there is good, but we couldn't afford to sit around for an hour or more waiting for a table, so we went next door for old-faithful curry. This is where Charlotte surprised me. She normally will not eat anything even slightly risky. She eats plain noodles, plain rice, plain bread, plain chips, plain vegetables etc, although she was adamant that she would try a kids meal at the curry house, which was a plate of a variety of foods, including curry and rice with chicken. We ordered it for her, even though we thought there is no way that she would even try it, and she ended up eating the entire plate full. Charlotte now likes curry. Tonight I also learn't a valuable lesson for the remainder of my travels in Japan: quoting the name of an American rock star is not an acceptable way to answer a question. Let me explain.... We stopped in at the supermarket to get some supplies on our way back from getting curry, considering we were going to be in the one hotel room for the next 4 nights. Both girls said they wanted to go to the toilet about halfway through the shopping trip, so Veronica took them out to the toilet, and I finished the shopping. When it came time to pay at the cash register, this particular supermarket must have a frequent buyer stamp type rewards program running, and the checkout girl spoke some rapid fire Japanese to me, and offered me a stamp book and some stamps, which I wanted to decline, as I would have no use for them. I have learnt that the way to say "It's OK" in Japanese is to say "Dai-Jo-Bu", which has come in very handy so far. At the cash register though, I had a complete mental blank. My mind raced over all of the 3 syllable Japanese phrases that I know, but the words that came out of my mouth were "Jon Bon Jovi" (because I was thinking of Japanese phrases earlier in the day, when Jon Bon Jovi entered my head). With a puzzled look on her face, which looked like she was trying not to laugh at me, she said something which I can only guess translated to "huh?". A quick wave of my hand and shake of my head got the message across that I didn't want the stamps, but the damage was done. I already had successfully made a fool of myself. I got my groceries and got out of there as quick as possible.