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How I Spent My Inheritance

Do you want to know how I became wealthy? Well one early Sunday morning my parents told me: "one of your uncles died a month ago and his lawyer left a note yesterday." They also said: "the note was actually his will and you would be the one who was going to inherit his fortune". I was speechless to hear that. The first thing I did with my fortune was give half of it to my parents, and the other half I used it to go somewhere foreign since I was still in summer vacation.

Three days later, I bought a private jet to go to Tokyo, Japan. The first thing that came to my mind was to make a reservation for "The Peninsula Tokyo Hotel". When I arrived, I thought it was great, but it was crowded. It was already nightfall and I was tired of carrying my baggage. I didn't know how to communicate with people in Tokyo because most of them spoke Japanese.

Luckily I bumped into a person who spoke English and Japanese. I asked him if he knew where "The Peninsula Tokyo Hotel" was located. Thank God he did, he wrote me the directions on a piece of paper. It was 5 blocks away so I took a taxicab. When I got there it started to rain, I read the name of the hotel and it said "The Peninsula Tokyo Hotel". I was in the right place I went in, the clerk gave me my assigned room, and he left my baggage in my room. Next, I went outside and bought a dictionary that translated Japanese to English. Then I went back to the hotel and slept.

The next day I woke up very tired and changed into my street clothes. I also took my translator in order to communicate with people. Then, I noticed that I was hungry so I ate breakfast in Mc Donald's. The Mc Donald's restaurant was filled with a lot of people; it took me 30 minutes to actually get my food and 15 minutes to eat it and to give the waiter the money. After that I went to the "National Art Museum". It was beautiful because I saw a lot of artifacts that I was really interested in, like swords and armors that warriors used to fight with. The museum was really big and you could find fancy restaurants and cafes.

Later that day, I went to a hot spring which was kind of like a theme park, but the quality of the facility was very serious and nice. I took a feet bath called "ashi-yu". Besides taking a bath, I enjoyed shopping even playing a Japanese-style shooting game in a "yukata" which was a traditional bath gown. Later that day I was getting hungry again, so I went to a restaurant named "Alice in Wonderland". It was really bizarre because there were polka dots in the ceiling, and there were also drawings of big books on the walls. I felt like I was Alice. I ate sushi, noodles and some apples. I realized that the sun was coming down, so I bought a souvenir from a store nearby to remember that special day.

I stayed two more days in Japan, bought an airplane ticket, and by Friday I went back home to my parents. They were glad to see me. I gave them the souvenirs that I bought from Japan and told them about the three days I had staying in Japan. They were glad to hear that I had a good time. I asked them if they spent any money while I was gone, the said: "nope, nothing". I told them: "Well then maybe we could all go to Japan next month."

Finally thanks to one of my uncles I was able to have this wonderful experience. Even though I was still sad about the situation as they say one's misfortune is another's gratitude. And in this case the saying totally fits.