Everybody likes parfaits!

Sunday evening when I was working on my homework and making preparations for my class, I left the "computer" room (since we can't catch internet upstairs in our room we use the playroom in between the bathroom and the kitchen when we need to use the internet) to get the cord for my laptop. When I walked through the kitchen I noticed that Takeshi, Sister Sato’s son, was making something. I decided to ask what he was making. He said that he was making scones for his wife. Then he explained that today was her birthday (maybe he forgot) so he was making them to take to her tomorrow. He was saying that he wasn’t really sure what he was doing because he had never made anything like scones before, but that he wanted to try. I just thought it was so sweet!

Yesterday during class, Mari let me know that Scott (his actual name is Myungho Kim), my friend from Korea, was coming on a later plane than planned. But Mari and I still left after class to go meet Yuko at Tennoji Station. Mari wasn’t planning to come to Kobe with us, she just needed to pick up her passport in Tennoji. After she did that, all three of us went to a café and had all-you-can-eat desserts. This was a first for me. It was all really good, though, only after two parfaits and some purin (or flan) I couldn’t eat anymore. Maybe if we had some time to sit and talk longer I maybe could have eaten more. It was still really fun.



Anyway, after stuffing ourselves with ice cream, Mari went home and Yuko and I went to pick Scott up from the airport. Yuko had me buy a ticket for the station right next to Tennoji, where we were going to go after we picked Scott up so that I didn’t have to pay the fare to get to the airport. So I rode with her all the way to the airport, I just didn’t leave the station. So I just waited while Yuko went into the airport to get him.

It wasn’t weird for me seeing him for the first time in 2 years. For me it’s sometimes hard to keep in touch with people. But it’s also really easy for me to pick up from where we left off, even if it’s been awhile. Just something that I’ve noticed.

Well, anyhow, Yuko’s friend Kentaro met us at Namba Station then from there we helped Scott find his hotel. Scott doesn’t speak any Japanese so I was wondering if someone helped him make a reservation at a hotel. It turns out that in Namba there is a Korean owned hotel called Osaka House. So the owner speaks Korean. So Scott dropped his things off in his hotel room, then we all left for Kobe.

Kentaro lives in Kobe I think, so he drove his car to Namba so that we could all go in his car. It was around 8 when we got to Kobe so a lot of things were already closed. We first went to a shrine and took pictures outside, since it was closed. Then we went to China town. We found a restaurant that was still open then ate there. Actually, Yuko and I were still too full from lunch so we sampled some of the food. Scott and Kentaro ate most of it.



After they were finished eating we went to the area around the Kobe Radio Tower (I think that's what it's called) and walked around the harbor for a bit. I took a few pictures, but since it was already late we couldn't stay long. Maybe I'll have a chance to come back again or at least see more of Kobe.





I got home around midnight and didn't get to bed until 1:30, but I wasn't too tired today. In class I had everyone prepare their skits for the review day tomorrow. I'm really excited to see what they have put together. I haven't had a chance to talk to Meg about what she is doing for the review day, so hopefully this is what she had in mind. I'm going to record them so that I have a record of their progress. Also, tomorrow I am going to Kyoto to show Scott around since I've been there before. I invited everyone else to come, but the didn't really seem interested so it looks like I am going alone. But it looks like I will have a chance to see my host mom from when I did home stay in Kyoto! My host sister is on her mission and my two host brothers and host dad aren't coming home until late, so I won't get to see them, but maybe I can see them another time. Hopefully I can remember how to get to their house!