October 25th/26th

October 25th/26th

Derek got up at 12.45am to watch Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers game. Good result 5-0 to Chelsea. Our room was tiny at Friendlys , but the bed and pillows were really comfortable. Today is a traveling day. Caught a taxi from Malate to Manili Airport -30mins. Flight from Manila to Osaka took 4 hrs, arrived 7pm. Took train from airport to Osaka bus station took 40mins. Searching for the right bus -1hr!!!!!!! Caught overnight bus at 10pm, arrived at Fukuoka at 7am. Caught a train to Saga - 45mins. Where Mr Tanaka and family ( homestay family) were waiting to take us to their home. Finally, after 24hrs of traveling we arrived at their home!!!! After a cuppa and some chocolate biscuits, and a quick nap, we were good to go. So we took the bikes out for a ride around the harbour. Couldn't quite understand how Derek was zooming ahead of me, I was really working hard at keeping up with him , until he let me in on his secret--He had an electric assisted bike. Crafty little bugger! Made him swap over for a while, as I needed to get my breath back. It's pretty neat, hardly any effort and the bike practically goes by itself! Came back to a lovely Sushi Dinner, that all the family attended. Great evening! and we got to have that much needed early night.