kinkos in japan!

We arrived in \kobe, \japan yesterday morning and by the time the ship was cleared and all, we were off the ship at 1pm-got to ring a few folks with my free cell phone and will call others today-the trick is to figure out what time it is there and not wake you up in the middle of the night with a call!
Today is \wednesday and i am sitting in a kinkos in sannomiya train station-the irony of it all-halfway across the world and i am sitting in a kinkos-forgot to bring my camera holder thing so will put pictures up later today...many things are very very expensive here but was able to score a free all inclusive japanese dinner with the travel agent we work with last night-I WAS IN MY ELEMENT-eating and drinking away while others were looking at everything twice before putting it in their mouths! Mom, you would have dies-all thing foods \i grew up with and they were all there in front of me=right about then, \i was feeling pretty proud of my heritage, my background and all of it all came togehter over the sushi and sake!
I will write more later when \i bring my camera back...going to go the \sogo shopping center right now and buy myself a teapot...cracked the one i bought in 2000 so will try and replace it with a new one!
relaxing port for me as i am the duty dean in this port-will not then have responsibilities until our last port in Spain, so stay tuned for a lot of travel adventures. \i will also be writing a group email and actually placing it i think on here or perhaps through hotmail...we will see how easy it is when i come back later.
until then, siyonara!
love, ro