IrishOboe

Friday night (March 17^th) Kasia spent the night and we had a lovely evening and morning together. We made dinner and played with my shamisen and shakuhachi and she got a sound out sooner than I did! The next morning we went for a run, and this time running in the morning didn’t kill me like it did when I tried with Leslie.

Saturday (March 18^th) I rode my bike into south Kofu for a treatment at the same clinic I went to last week. This time it only cost me $5. I can’t say I like the massage better than in the states, but it’s not bad for the price!

I then biked up to Kofu eki for a Hippo Family Club meeting. I had thought the leader would be waiting outside for me, or at least at the entrance of the building, but after waiting a little I decided that wasn’t the case. I then did my best to decipher all the nihongo around me and made a guess that they meet on the second floor. I picked my head in and thought I was wrong, but they saw me and invited me in. This Hippo club is mostly very young kids! When I sat down they were all introducing themselves into a mike in whatever language they wanted to. It was cool to watch! The meeting was two hours long and much of the time there were at least some kids running around playing during the ‘meeting.’ It was great fun to be around families and kids!

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I found this fun site on a friend's blog. Check it out!

These are the countries I have been to.

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And these are the states I've been to. I need a little help with this one. I couldn't remember if I'd finally gotten to Maine, and maybe I haven't been to Alabama. When I flew to Canada I went through some northern state, but I can't remember which!

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