the past few days were eventful
So, the past two days. A lot happened. Let's go through it by way of a numbered list.
1. My conversation friend, Sanae, invited me to her family's house in Kuwano, south of Tokushima, on Sunday, and naturally, i went. Kuwano is a nice little country town surrounded by mountains, like all nice little Japanese country towns. Her father met us at the station and took us up a mountain to see a cool temple and breathe the fresh mountain air. Then we sojourned back to her house and her mother had made us a vegetarian lunch. The whole family was there, even her older sister's husband and baby. Apparently, i was the main attraction, though they treated me like a human and with respect, and actually barely spoke to me and let me eat in peace. Plus, they had a pretty cat that licked me when i held it. Afterwards, her father gave me some bottled homemade umeboshi and tsukemono (pickled vegetables) that came from his garden! Can you say awesome? I did.
2. Today, i went to visit Alex the Canadian from work in his little town of Kamojima in the west of Tokushima. We ate udon for lunch and dinner and went to an onsen with his boyfriend Tomomi. From the onsen, one can see the mountains beyond and the small fields with leaves sticking out, reaching desperately for the nourishment of the sunlight! We chit-chatted a bit with some naked old men, whose speech was at best barely intelligible, and one of the men shared a naked orange with me. After dinner, we went back to Tomomi's house and ate some ridiculously large citris fruits called "pottan" with his old mother. His mother began to talk, but neither i nor alex could really understand her so she just laughed. The reason for this lack of understanding is that Japanese old people speak so casually and with such a local accent that it's nearly impossible to comprehend anything they say, not to mention the speed at which they talk. They had a dog that was chained outside and was ravenous for attention. I pet her head as she climbed up on my outstretched arm. Tomomi drove me home and i ate an apple in the car.
3. I am home now and with a full stomach, full of tempura and udon and pottan and apple. God help me digest this all.
1. My conversation friend, Sanae, invited me to her family's house in Kuwano, south of Tokushima, on Sunday, and naturally, i went. Kuwano is a nice little country town surrounded by mountains, like all nice little Japanese country towns. Her father met us at the station and took us up a mountain to see a cool temple and breathe the fresh mountain air. Then we sojourned back to her house and her mother had made us a vegetarian lunch. The whole family was there, even her older sister's husband and baby. Apparently, i was the main attraction, though they treated me like a human and with respect, and actually barely spoke to me and let me eat in peace. Plus, they had a pretty cat that licked me when i held it. Afterwards, her father gave me some bottled homemade umeboshi and tsukemono (pickled vegetables) that came from his garden! Can you say awesome? I did.
2. Today, i went to visit Alex the Canadian from work in his little town of Kamojima in the west of Tokushima. We ate udon for lunch and dinner and went to an onsen with his boyfriend Tomomi. From the onsen, one can see the mountains beyond and the small fields with leaves sticking out, reaching desperately for the nourishment of the sunlight! We chit-chatted a bit with some naked old men, whose speech was at best barely intelligible, and one of the men shared a naked orange with me. After dinner, we went back to Tomomi's house and ate some ridiculously large citris fruits called "pottan" with his old mother. His mother began to talk, but neither i nor alex could really understand her so she just laughed. The reason for this lack of understanding is that Japanese old people speak so casually and with such a local accent that it's nearly impossible to comprehend anything they say, not to mention the speed at which they talk. They had a dog that was chained outside and was ravenous for attention. I pet her head as she climbed up on my outstretched arm. Tomomi drove me home and i ate an apple in the car.
3. I am home now and with a full stomach, full of tempura and udon and pottan and apple. God help me digest this all.
posted by mdove at 11:27 PM
1 Comments:
what naked men? you confused me there. i like the part about the dog. the old woman sounds as if she realized you couldnt understand a thing she said, but that it was okay, she sounds good natured. im glad youre still having fun. cant wait to see you. i couldnt believe we spoke for nearly 2 hours! love, mommy
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