Grand Hyatt Hotel

Here is Aoife talking on the phone and spotting cars from the window.

The first few days are going well although admittedly it just feels like we're on holiday at the moment. The jet lag is a killer! It's bad enough adjusting to 9 hours time difference just me and Gary let alone throwing Aoife into the equation. The first night she was wide awake from 4am and so we were up and about with nowhere to go. We ended up wandering around the area near the hotel which is a big nightlife spot so we looked rather odd pushing a toddler around in a pram amongst the hardcore party-goers of Tokyo who were still going at 5am. Everywhere was shut apart from McDonalds so we ended up having egg and sausage McMuffins and tea amongst a load of still-out-at-5am teenagers (or maybe they were in their 20s and I'm just getting old).

Saturday and Sunday didn't go much better with Aoife awake (and hungry and wanting to play) during the night from11pm til 4am and 2am til 5am respectively. By Monday we were all feeling very tired and Gary had his first day at work. Aoife and I went to her first Music Together class in the afternoon which she seemed to love. In Music Together we all sit in a circle, sing songs, clap, dance around, play instruments and other such silly stuff which all the children adore.