Saturday 24 March 2007

Finally Birthday



Thanks, darl! Looks more like 40 but...only 31...but it felt like 40 since 1) serious backache, 2) toothache, and 3) cold...Can only get better and... I made it!
Cheers to the new year!

Birthday Weekend in Kusatsu

Weekend in Kusatsu!

And...the magic number is 31! Had a great pre-birthday weekend
with
Eric, Josefina, and Mie in Kusatsu enjoying hot springs and a good time with nice friends!




























The place apparently has some of the hottest springs in Japan and there is a famous tradition of women mixing and cooling down the hot water with huge paddels....















I guess those springs are also some of the smelliest ones...















Lovely!

Wednesday 21 March 2007

Suhsi Lesson

So this explains the essentials of Sushi - I knew there was a trick :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruh0TJJopn8