Okay, it’s been 16 days since I’ve arrived and it’s still raining! Maybe my idea of “hitting the ground running” was that by now I would be knee deep into my cultural experience…seeing the country side, ordering a kimono with the wooden shoes to match or at least by now I would have taken a walking tour somewhere! Sorry to say I don’t have much to share right now…I’m not on vacation, right? But I have registered of classes, which start on Tuesday…YEA! Found a car, with AC…pewwww and thank you Lord. My Dad is happy to hear I’ve found a job, part-time but a job and I’m not an extra expense to my friends here. Have visited several churches and it’s the same experience in this country, only different people.
Now I’m more than sure you could really care less about the normal day to day activities and without having done much yet I can only fill you in on what’s penciled in on my calendar. Oh, I forgot to tell you about last Saturday night. I went to this really nice resort called Hotel Nikko Alivila and it’s on the beach. Went to this piano bar where they served finger foods…now everybody knows that I love chips…any kind, except cheddar cheese and only sour cream/onion if that’s all there is, but the lounge served purple sweet potato chips. My palette was not in alignment with my brain…my brain thought chips, but my palette said “what the heck”. The chips were different, but I will try them again, maybe with my eyes closed J All of the food was a presentation in itself…the fruit was cut into pieces then placed back into its skin…dessert was served with tea and the dessert’s aren’t as sweet, but it was good. I had pizza on a crack…that was interesting if I had to describe it, but it was loaded with vegetables. The artist was a gentleman named Machu, he wore a goldish kinda sports jacket, a black skully and some John Lennon style frames with purple lenses…the guy could play. It was a great evening, but must visit the resort during the day…its gorgeous!
Has anyone heard of zip lining? Some of you may know and for those of you that don’t now you do…I’ve always wanted to experience bungee jumping and can you believe I can’t get anyone to jump with me? Shocking I know…LOL Well, there’s this park here, Forest Adventure Park that has an obstacle course thru a jungle and you can zip from tree top to tree top, the course also has rope ladders, bridges, nets to climb…you get the picture. With all that said, there’s a little bungee jumping at the end J As you can read, it’s not for the faint at heart…so I have to get busy training. I’ll keep you updated on the training process and when I sign up.
This month is the Cherry Blossom Festival…I’ll let the pictures speak for me.
So, I'm now preparing for the marathon...could take a minute...later!
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