I met up with Carrie on a rainy evening in Himeji, and we decided to go for Persian food, since that was something I couldn’t recall having ever eaten. Turns out it was like a shish-kebab place, and the food was great! It was pretty spicy and the atmosphere was a strange mix of Arab restaurant and British pub. The owner was very pleased to have us in the place, and recognized Carrie – I guess she’s a regular.
We sat and caught up – Carrie has been having a lot of adventures, but we mainly talked about our day to day adventures at school with our students. She teaches at a school that is 90% girls, so her stories are always a bit different than mine.
After dinner we did a little shopping at a place that had some foreign foods, and I picked up some spaghetti and Italian sauce for part of Kuniko’s housewarming gift. We also explored a three story 100 yen store, and poked through lots of strange, curious items that make you wonder how they arrived in Japan. They had hundreds of glasses embossed with “Tuscon, Ariz.” on the front. Hmm….
I walked Carrie back to her train station, and then backtracked to mine and caught the limited express back to Higashi Futami. I’m doing my final packing for tomorrow, and then I should be ready for another adventure. More when I get back!
