Our Adventure Begins

Hey Everyone, Welcome to our blog.... The Pipers BIG Adventure.
We have been now in Tokyo for just over a week.
For some of you faithful Facebook Friends, many of what you
will read in these first posts will be info you may have already seen...
but for our non-FB friends and family, we just wanted to start at the top :)

So, we headed out on August 15th on a plane for the long trip with the kids.
They did amazing and thanks to all the goodies so many of you provided for
them they had plenty to keep them entertained.  The flight went very smoothly
and we were all able to get some sleep.  We arrived and it was Monday evening
already Tokyo time.  That was when the jet-lag and time adjustment began.
We had several nights when we were all in the kitchen making breakfast in
the middle of the night.  By the weekend, we were all pretty well on track.

Jeff was able to be off with us on Tuesday and Friday of that first week.
On Tuesday the kids took their first subway ride to the city ward, (like city hall).
We had to apply for our alien cards.  They enjoyed the subway, and were troopers
enduring the crazy heat, as well as so much walking. 

Friday Jeff joined us for the New Family Orientation at the School.... more posts
on the school to come :)