Cos Xian-Jun is worried abt driving in the snow, we decided to take a 3 Day Hokkaido Rail Pass..Good also la..cos we can sleep on the trains ehehe...
Quick summary of what we have done so far before going out to brave the cold again...
The husband claimed 2 business savers tix on SQ to Kansai Airport (not me oki...cos as a law-abiding engr working in DSTA, we are not allowed to claim krisflyer points when we fly overseas haha).....first time we were able to sleep so well on the plane and my colleague Heng arranged a special menu, which consisted of lobster thermidor for moi..and Ribeye Steak for the hubby....Must buy nice nice present for him for making this arrangement for us!!
By mid day, we reached Otaru where we walked abt 10min to reach Hotel Nord. It's a quaint building and the room is big by Japan standard and breakfast is included! It is also strategically located next to the Famous Otaru Canal.
We quickly chuck our luggage in the room, equip ourselves with 2 more layers of clothes and went out to explore. Managed to find the location where many beautiful photo of canal was taken. Even though we didn't bring along our tripod, we took some decent photo!!
It's only abt 5pm...but the sky is already so dark.....winter sure comes early in Hokkaido...
What's next? Of cos food time!! As it was too cold to walk too much, we quickly settled into a BBQ restaurant next to the canal. hehe...But the food was good!!!!! The baked sushi rice was crispy and fragrant...the snow crab was sooo fresh (with a tinge of saltiness)....the pork was tender and melts in the mouth...What a wonderful start to the vacation......
2 comments:
and remind me why we didn't go hokkaido last year? *envy* so hard working ah you, still blogging away on ur honeymoon!
Limited budget? Limited leave? hahaha......don't rem man! But we can go again after ur baby is born! Show my mummy the photo ma hahaha.....then she won't worry. =P
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