Well, the best we can do during Covid-19. Monday, August 3rd Today Doug and I had some errands to do around base. We had to go to the health clinic to transfer our Tricare and get access to use the health clinic. Covid-19 has made everything different. There is only one way to get in …
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Adventurous Week
Monday, July 27th It was a rainy day. I decided I wanted to try out a ramen place close to by, Toride. I decided on Toride because it had the best reviews on Google. Toride has the best ramen and gyoza I have had so far. I cannot wait to go back with Doug. I …
Getting Settled, Yeah Right
We earned the privilege to leave our hotel room and the base Tuesday, July 21st. We were excited and happy to get outside of the room and leave the base. Our first adventure was to go to Sasebo GoBanGai (5th Avenue) mall. There we looked at some places and got food. Wednesday, July 22nd Doug …
Freedom
We were finally set free to roam the base today. We cannot leave base until they send our certificate that we finished our seven hour videos. Doug had to go check-in with some office because his ship is under weigh. I got up and did my normal routine. I just made coffee and starting to …
Quarantine/ROM Week 4
This is it! Our last week of quarantine/ROM!! I was looking into what is around us. Doug and I are making a list of places we want to go when we can leave base. It mostly includes food, like sushi, takoyaki (octopus balls), gyoza (pork dumplings) and ramen. There is a mall just across the …
Quarantine/ROM Week 3
Different place, more ROM. We made it to Sasebo! We have to ROM again due to being on a commercial flight. The only way we could get the cats to Sasebo was to take a commercial flight. Military flights were not allowing pets on board. Wednesday, July 8th Today we needed to find more information …
Final Destination: Sasebo
Yesterday, Tuesday, July 7th, we left NAF Atsugi for Commander Fleet Activities (CFA) Sasebo. Our adventure began at 6:30 a.m., when we woke up to finish packing up and to clean up the cats litter box. We then headed to the lobby to check out and to wait for our ride. On our way to …
Quarantine/ROM Week 2
I am keeping track of what we do on a daily basis during our stay at NAF Atsugi in the Navy Lodge. Our last day of quarantine will be Monday, July 6th, well it was suppose to be. Our last day of quarantine was Saturday, July 4th. We are confined to our hotel room at …
Quarantine/ROM Week 1
We are being quarantined (ROM-Restriction of Movement) at NAF Atsugi for 14 days, June 22nd to July 6th. We are not allowed to leave the room where we are staying unless we do laundry. There are specific times to do laundry too (11 p.m. to 5 a.m.)! We cannot go get food, go to the …
Entering Japan During Covid-19
Doug and I started our journey to Japan on Sunday morning. We got up at 2 a.m. to leave for the Cincinnati International Airport (it’s about an hour and half drive from Richmond, KY). My Dad was able to take us to the airport. We loaded up the SUV and set off for our day …
Hale of a Journey 