Christmas!

Christmas Day isn't a Nissan holiday but I took a days vacation. Emi on the other hand had a project deadline so could take the day off even though she wasn't very busy. I pottered about and did lots of surfing on the web - it was quite depressing really. The worst part was that Emi had planned to return home in good time so I was expecting her home by 5:30 or 6pm. Although she wasn't busy with her own work she started to help one of her colleuages mid-afternoon and ended up having to stay at work so late that she didn't get home until 9pm. Spoke with relatives on the phone which was nice.
Boxing day we decided to go for a drive as the weather was nice. We basically did the same route I did a few weeks ago except we also tried to drive up Mt.Fuji but the road was blocked at about 1000m due to snow further up. Armed with my new lens and CPL filter I took lots of pictures in similar place to the other week hoping to improve on them. The CPL filter took a little playing with to understand it but I think it has been a good investment - I hope you like the pictures.

In the evening we went to a resturant in Ebisu called Tableaux. I was very very nice, even though I dressed up (I wore a shirt!) I still felt underdressed. They cocked up our order (we got two starters each rather than a different one each) but otherwise the service was great. Also the food was absolutely fantastic. The first glass of wine I ordered was tiny, hardley filled 20% of the glass. We asked if it was correct to check. However when I ordered my next glass they gave me 3 times as much so I drank more than I planned! Also after desert I thought I would push the boat out and had an expensive glass of port to wash it all down! In the end it came to just over 160 quid at current exchange rate but it was fnatatsic. Also I'm not paid at the current exchange rate thankfully!