| November:Our new flat - the living room |
| Photos of England hanging in the living room |
| The kitchen |
| Christmas is coming! |
| So the decorations are up. |
| Including our mini-tree! |
| December:Time for a party! With Rie at our housewarming. |
| With Aaron, who was over from the US. |
| More friends! Many were squeezed in... |
| Ernesto getting to know Ren |
| Eddie and Ton |
| Shou, Ryuji, Haru and Kazuna. |
| Squeeze in for the shot! |
| Talking English, with Ryuji, Haru and Ernesto. |
| An evening out to say goodbye to Aaron...singing here! |
| And up to the mic myself (ignore the "lovely" lyrics!) |
| Next up was an okinomiyaki restaurant. |
| Aaron enjoying the night. |
| Back in time with a bowler hat..at a bar now. |
| Eddie dons the hat too, and poses with a whisky and a non-existent cigar. |
| Having left the bar...numbers dwindling now. |
| The night ended up at the Lockup...strange place. Here Chan gets led away. |
| Just the "hard-core" left now, in a mock up dungeon! |
| Pear shows her..."affectionate"...side. |
| 3 days to Christmas, and Kyoto is showered in snow... |
| The paths aren't too bad, most of the snow slowly melting under foot. |
| But still, not ideal weather for bikes! |
| Rie with a couple of her Christmas pressies from me. |
| Me with the Ferrari shirt that Rie gave me. |
| A collection of some of our gifts |
| Preparing Christmas dinner |
| And the finished article |
| Rie tucks in! |
| As do I. Not bad at all.. |
| Phoning home! |
