Marla’s Arrival, Our BBQ, and a Trip to Kobe

Last week Marla arrived in Japan for her second visit. Sorry it took so long to write this post, it was a combination of being busy and just forgetting. Anyway, her visit has been good so far. The first day she just stayed at my house and read/used the computer while I went to school, and then on Friday she went to Himeji and saw the Art Museum she had tried to see a few times on her last trip, and a confectionery festival. On Saturday Meghan and I had a BBQ with some of the people who live in our apartment building, as well as one of her teachers and her kids. It sorta rained, but the kids played for like 4 hours so it was good. Then on Sunday Marla and I went to Kobe. Yesterday Marla went to Kinosaki again to visit the onsen while I was at work. Today when I went to work she was still sleeping, but she says she later went to Wadayama and ate lunch at McDonald’s. Even though I drew her a pretty good map of both Wadayama’s streets, she got lost and needed to take a taxi. The fact that taxis even exist in Wadayama is pretty ridiculous. Anyway, she is currently sitting beside me reading Obama’s book. Tomorrow after I get back from work we’ll go pick up Andrea in Himeji, and then we’re headed to China for awhile on Saturday. Anyway, here are some pictures, sorry there aren’t many:

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