24. March, Monday
Monday morning, wake up at 6AM. Thanks god i already packed the night before because waking up that early sometimes is really hard!!!
My mom drove while I was asleep in the car and we picked up Tanja and Barbara on our way to the airport The flight was actually good, we flew with Austrian Airlines from Milan Malpensa over Vienna to Tokio Narita.
25. March, Tuesday
We arrived at Narita Airport around 8 am! The immigration procedures were quite fast, luckily we got our suitcases pretty quick and the organization bus was waiting for us.
It took almost 2 hours to arrive at the Hotel due to the traffic!!!
After refreshing a bit we went visiting the city, Tokyo is always beautiful especially during spring time!!!
At first we went to the Sensō-Ji Temple in Asakusa, walked through the wonderful market. Unfortunately we didn't see any cherry treeswhich are blooming now, it would have been even more fantastic!!!!!
Then we walked next to the Tokyo Sky Tree and on our way back westopped at the Yoyogi-kōen Park, also beautiful..!!
As soon as we came back to the Hotel we went to eat and then directly to sleep!
26. March, Wednesday
After a wonderful sleep in a real bed and not a seat like in the plane we went to have a great breakfast, we decided to go for a walk in the Roppongi discrict. It was awesome, we were able to see the National Art Center, buy some souvenirs (Sake also) and then back in hotel getting ready for our practice!
We have been told that the way to the icerink in Saitama with the shuttle bus could take from 30 minutes up to 2 hours, so we decided not to take any risk and take a ride around 4pm with practice at 6.30 pm. It took 1 hour due to the traffic.
The practice rink is huge, and the main rink too but nothing compared to the giant main rink.
We never skated in front of 18000 people!!!! That will be awesome! We practiced our Short Dance today on and it was ok. First day on the ice after the long trip is always hard!
Now is time to go sleep!
Speak to you tomorrow!
Love from Tanja&Stefano
Monday morning, wake up at 6AM. Thanks god i already packed the night before because waking up that early sometimes is really hard!!!
My mom drove while I was asleep in the car and we picked up Tanja and Barbara on our way to the airport The flight was actually good, we flew with Austrian Airlines from Milan Malpensa over Vienna to Tokio Narita.
25. March, Tuesday
We arrived at Narita Airport around 8 am! The immigration procedures were quite fast, luckily we got our suitcases pretty quick and the organization bus was waiting for us.
It took almost 2 hours to arrive at the Hotel due to the traffic!!!
After refreshing a bit we went visiting the city, Tokyo is always beautiful especially during spring time!!!
At first we went to the Sensō-Ji Temple in Asakusa, walked through the wonderful market. Unfortunately we didn't see any cherry treeswhich are blooming now, it would have been even more fantastic!!!!!
Then we walked next to the Tokyo Sky Tree and on our way back westopped at the Yoyogi-kōen Park, also beautiful..!!
As soon as we came back to the Hotel we went to eat and then directly to sleep!
26. March, Wednesday
After a wonderful sleep in a real bed and not a seat like in the plane we went to have a great breakfast, we decided to go for a walk in the Roppongi discrict. It was awesome, we were able to see the National Art Center, buy some souvenirs (Sake also) and then back in hotel getting ready for our practice!
We have been told that the way to the icerink in Saitama with the shuttle bus could take from 30 minutes up to 2 hours, so we decided not to take any risk and take a ride around 4pm with practice at 6.30 pm. It took 1 hour due to the traffic.
The practice rink is huge, and the main rink too but nothing compared to the giant main rink.
We never skated in front of 18000 people!!!! That will be awesome! We practiced our Short Dance today on and it was ok. First day on the ice after the long trip is always hard!
Now is time to go sleep!
Speak to you tomorrow!
Love from Tanja&Stefano