Where in the World is Hubby?

The past 4 weeks have gone by fast and been very busy. At some points I wasn't sure where I was and my body still really has no clue what timezone it is in.

The first week was in Okinawa, Japan. I did not realize how far south this chain of islands is compared to the main islands of Japan. I spent most of the time on the US Marine base Camp Courtney. The Marines I was training are not allowed stop anywhere off base when in uniform. As I had to rely on them for vehicle travel I was limited to locations in walking distance. The best place I ate at was literally a shack on the side of the road. Well actually 3 shacks with about 10 picnic tables. Very Very yummy fresh raman (not the junk you get in the states 5 for a dollar).

As wifey stated in her post we spent the next week in Virginia and North Carolina pretending to be rednecks.

I then was in Vienna Virginia for a week. I love going to this location. The food is awesome and cheap. I rotate between Japanese, Thai, Korean, and Lebanese. Usually there is one student who has not tried at least one of these ethnic foods. It is fun taking people to new foods. I did take one night to eat American and went to a Fleming's steakhouse. That was an awesome steak and for desert I had a molten lava chocolate cake. You know the desert is going to be good when they require a 20 minute notice to make it.

This week I am in Tokyo, Japan. Yes, two separate trips to Japan in less than 30 days. I am here for the BlackHat Japan conference. I taught on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yesterday, Thursday, I spent a few minutes at the conference then went to Akihabara. As a geek this was awesome. The amount of technology available to buy was staggering. Imagine 10-20 square blocks of New York City being nothing but technology stores. There was one section (under the train track) that had 50+ vendors crammed into a little place (I had to duck the entire time I was in there) selling pieces parts so you could build just about anything you need computer related.

Being in Tokyo sure makes me feel huge. Walking around with the crowds was not an issue, I could see over most of them. When on the train it was a bit of a squeeze as my shoulders are wider than most of them. I do stand out here, not just because of size. I have been wearing shirts with color. Most of the men here seem to like to wear blue or black suits with white shirts. They seem to want to blend in and thus very little color even in ties.

Speaking of color. Today, Friday, it is cloudy and a bit rainy. Most umbrellas are black. There are more clear umbrellas than ones with color.

I am hoping to see the Imperial Palace today. The cloudy weather might diminish the viewing.

So far the food has been awesome. I have only eaten in the Hotel when the meal was paid for by others (breakfast and lunch) The breakfast I have been doing the western buffets, for lunch it has been order by picture. For dinner I've been going out to the street and hitting different restaurants and ordering by picture. There have only been a few bites and one drink I regret.