Whew! Time for a day of rest and refreshment! Overall a nice day. Woke at 7 AM, fixed some coffee and got some good photos of the sunrise.
Worked on our accounts (it all balances well so far), and getting caught up on the journal which will become the blog (I'm so far behind - haven't posted anything since we got here!), finished up laundry and ironed my shirts. Also gathered everyone's photos so far, which will help on the blog.
We left around 10:30 and drove into Mika's condo where we left the van for the day. Walked through an interesting market with fresh fish, veggies, and other items unusual for us to see.
 |
| Downtown market in Sendai |
 |
| Mika explains all the "curious" foods |
 |
| Fish heads for lunch, anyone? |
Met up with Mika's husband, Hidemasa, at Tohoku Univ., where is a Physics prof and also researching plasma - very ultra high tech stuff that's way beyond me. We all had a Japanese lunch together - fun!
 |
| Yummy lunch! Mark, Hidemasa, Rachel, Celia (l-r) |
 |
| Enjoy lunch! Keith, Cheri, Mika, and the server (l-r) |
After H. had to go back to TU, we headed over to one of the biggest shopping arcades I've ever seen. Probably 4 city blocks with hundreds of shops and a dozen big department stores, including a couple Starbucks and even a Tully's! Joy. We all split up to enjoy shopping or coffee or relaxing for the afternoon, the met up again at 5:30 for supper at an upscale italian-style pizza place.
A shrine in Sendai near the shopping arcade.
 |
| Hmmm. Maybe you shouldn't ride a bike through the train station... |
Nice to enjoy some non-japanese food for a change. Then back to Mika's, and drove back to Guest House. Mika is with us now until we wrap up here on Sat afternoon, and we 6 drive to Tokyo.
Tomorrow, the gals are going to sing at a women's tea (while Keith and I are going with Andy to work with Samaritan's Purse all day). That'll be interesting, but they're working out songs & parts to be able to sing without the bass & tenor parts.
Called Saito-san today, and will plan to call again tomorrow with Andy and figure out a time to meet. That'll be fun!
No comments:
Post a Comment