With Saturday a wash-out for Nick he had to devote Sunday to study, so I decided to take Emily to Kid-o-Kid in Yokohama, since it was a dull, cool day. When we arrived we first had lunch at the Keke buffet restuarant. It was a little hard to manage on my own as it was crowded round the buffet counters and Emily would not stay at the table by herself. She kept trying to toouch the food on offer.
On the way from there to Bornelund I stopped to show Emily a street performer who was juggling and about to ride a very tall unicycle for the benefit of a hundred or so people gathered to watch. I'm not sure what spooked her but she tugged my arm and said 'I want to go home', so I never did get to see him finish his act. Spotting a Zara store on the way through the mall I took her in to get a couple of things, and let her choose a T-shirt and pair of shorts. It is much more expensive than the Zara shops back home, with just those two items coming to about 16 pounds at today's rates.
Finally, we got to Kid-o-Kid and I let Emily loose for an hour's fun there. It was packed, and I always forget how overheated it is in there, so we were both sweating and red-cheeked after a session in the bouncy castle. That place is a diabolical parent-trap, because right outside is the Bornelund store, and while their toys are amazing they are also hideously expensive. Being single-handed I lost sight of Emily while I paid for the playtime, and of course she was wandering in the shop, so that was another tenner gone! Not that she pestered me very hard but I always see something there I want her to have, and also I am now stocking up on new things to dish out during the long 12 hours on the plane.
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