御正月 - New Year Japanese style

Well, New Year's Eve was to become nice and it became nice! My first New Year's in Japanese style including a nice nihonshoku - dinner and the traditional toshikoshi-soba which is said to extend one's lifespan. It was definitely one of the quietest New Year's Eves I've ever spent but that really didn't matter.
The nice arrangement on the photo is what we ate on oshougatsu - New Year's Day. Sushi and miso soup presented on decorative Japan-paper and with really fine ohashi - chopsticks. After we had our meal we went on to round two of the Liverpool sightseeing trip and finished it off with a nice walk along the Mersey, starting at the Albert Dock...
And today she had to fly back to Japan already, which means that my world is switching back to good old English now after five days exclusively in Japanese... ま、いっか。しょうがない。。。

和訳：
さて、大晦日が楽しくなると言ったけど、楽しくなったよ！俺の初めての和風のお正月、おいしい日本食と伝統的な、寿命を延ばすと言われる年越しそばも含めて。これまで過ごした大晦日の中で一番静かな大晦日だったけど、それは大丈夫だよ。
写真のおいしい物は、お正月に食べた物だ。お寿司とお味噌汁、きれいな和紙の上で盛りだされて、別にいいお箸で食べた。食事をしてから第二回目リバプールで観光をしに行って、マージー川の川べりでお散歩もした。。。今日は残念ながら、もうりょうこが日本に帰っちゃった。と言うことで、今俺の世界が英語に戻る、五日間日本語しか話していなくて過ごしてから。。。ま、いっか。しょうがない。。。