Honojinosato
Travel Blogs from Kaizuka
Treats and Snoozin, Snoozin and Treats
... how much we were using. We wore extra layers all the time, tucked our sweatpants into tall socks and watched steam rise from our hands after washing the dishes. This year, by comparison, is much better. We know what to expect and have accumulated blankets and slippers to keep us warm through the winter.
The feeling that time is running out for us here is hitting us slowly. We've made an effort to get out to see more of ...
Lebenszeichen
... gerutscht ist. Ich hab's gerade noch geschaft, ihrem Sitzfleisch auszuweichen. In der U-Bahn hatte ich sofort die nächste Platzkampfrunde vor mir. Allerdings mit einem vierjährigen Mädchen. Sie hat versucht, sich zwischen ihren Bruder und mich auf die Bank zu quetschen, wobei ihr ein glitzernd bestempeltes Fetzerl Papier runterfiel. Als ich ihr das aufgehoben hatte, war sämtliche Skepsis von ihrem Gesicht verschwunden. Sie hat wohl gemerkt, dass die Ausländer einem nicht den ...
Osaka aquarium
... nothing else really matters in the end. He had a woman who he loves dearly and a little daughter of 14 months. The woman is from the philippines and the daughter was born in the states. They can not marry since she was married in the Philippines to a man who left her for another woman but he will not sign an annulment so that she can remarry (you know the whole catholic thing--it apparently is ok if you pretend the marriage never happened, but not ok if ...
A Day with Emma & her Mom
A week or so ago, Jack and I met up with our friend Emma and her Mom for a tour of Osaka. Emma had mentioned an Udon place we should try, and the day took shape from there. They showed us the Sumiyoshi shrine, which we had visited before but not on a "lucky" day when all the areas are open. So we got to explore that, and then they thought they should show us the Tower in Tenoji. We call it the Hitachi ...
Osaka-back to where it all began!
... a lovely and genuine man, very friendly and kind. We gave him one of the last koala/kangaroo key-ring souvenirs we had so he could put them in his bar. He still had the other ones we gave him, how sweet. We had a couple of drinks, listened to jazz, there were a couple of other people there having a drink also. The owner made us a hot sake with tiny dried fish in the bottom, it was interesting and got stronger the longer the sake was left to stew the fish! Bill ended ...
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