At the end of 2012 I got a bit of Rest and Relaxation RLi and Random adventures. I've been thinking about how to record everything that's happened these past few weeks--it's amazing how quickly days and events blur together--and I think a day by day recounting will (hopefully) make the most sense. Each day kind of had its own theme so we'll do this sesame street style. Okay, ikuzou!
COLD The day of R's arrival began with waiting in the coldest day in Ishinomaki yet. Luckily, the 30 minute wait melted away when I saw R's smiling face (too cheesy? Ok I'll stop). The rest of the day didn't promise to warm up for us, however, as we spent the morning and part of the afternoon clearing out GMT's recently heater-less base of operations, Hope House. There was a slight deviation as we had a delicious spicy pork nabe (hot pot) for dinner, but the day ended on a cold note for R as he realized what it's like to live in a country without central heating (see, it's worse than being too lazy to turn on the heater in your dorm room).
JOURNEY T so kindly took us around for R's second and final day in Ishinomaki. The plan was to take him first to Onagawa, a site visually indicative of the strength of the disaster; then Minami San Riku, where the fishermen are rebuilding their livelihoods, to grab some fresh seafood for lunch; and then to Tome, the magical land of snowy mountains and Ippo cafe. Of course, like all plans ours soon went by the wayside. Instead, we visited Onagawa, got tour of the mountainside nearby (we got lost) and then went to Tome and ate eel at a scrumptious unagi restaurant with a beautiful view (unfortunately, I almost died on an eel bone--T told me about how last time that happened to her she tweezed it out of her own throat and coughed up blood...that didn't make me feel much better). The afternoon was passed in the most magical places, Cafe Ippo, in the Tome mountains. That evening we had yakiniku with friends and then took an overnight bus to continue our journey--onwards to Tokyo!
To be continued....
COLD The day of R's arrival began with waiting in the coldest day in Ishinomaki yet. Luckily, the 30 minute wait melted away when I saw R's smiling face (too cheesy? Ok I'll stop). The rest of the day didn't promise to warm up for us, however, as we spent the morning and part of the afternoon clearing out GMT's recently heater-less base of operations, Hope House. There was a slight deviation as we had a delicious spicy pork nabe (hot pot) for dinner, but the day ended on a cold note for R as he realized what it's like to live in a country without central heating (see, it's worse than being too lazy to turn on the heater in your dorm room).
JOURNEY T so kindly took us around for R's second and final day in Ishinomaki. The plan was to take him first to Onagawa, a site visually indicative of the strength of the disaster; then Minami San Riku, where the fishermen are rebuilding their livelihoods, to grab some fresh seafood for lunch; and then to Tome, the magical land of snowy mountains and Ippo cafe. Of course, like all plans ours soon went by the wayside. Instead, we visited Onagawa, got tour of the mountainside nearby (we got lost) and then went to Tome and ate eel at a scrumptious unagi restaurant with a beautiful view (unfortunately, I almost died on an eel bone--T told me about how last time that happened to her she tweezed it out of her own throat and coughed up blood...that didn't make me feel much better). The afternoon was passed in the most magical places, Cafe Ippo, in the Tome mountains. That evening we had yakiniku with friends and then took an overnight bus to continue our journey--onwards to Tokyo!
To be continued....
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