Sunday turned out to be pretty busy. Kuniko had to go into Kobe to take an exam, and I went into Kobe to meet her after it was finished. Together we went over to Wendy’s for some quick lunch, and then headed to her friend Tomomi-chan’s place to hang out.
It was a fairly short trip on the Hankyu line, and we met Tomomi-chan and another one of Kuniko’s friends Matsuo-chan at the train station. Tomomi-chan’s place was nearby, just a few minutes walk from the station.
Tomomi-chan got married a while back (in fact, I won the iPod at her second party), and this was the second time to meet her husband. He’s a really nice guy with a good personality. He seemed really relaxed and he was quick to smile.
We sat around and talked, watched TV, and ate lots of food. We also got a chance to look at the pictures from their honeymoon trip to Italy. We had seen a lot of the same things, and it was fun to compare stories. They were also nice enough to open up a bottle of Chianti that they had brought back from Italy. It was delicious, and Tomomi-chan’s husband helped and I both worked on draining the bottle.
Late in the afternoon we decided to head out, so they walked us to the station and said goodbye. It was really fun to talk to everyone, and it looked like they were enjoying their post-wedding life. We shared a train with Matsuo for a little while. Kuniko is doing a little matchmaking and trying to connect Matsuo with Mori sensei, one of her coworkers at school. It turns out that I may be along for the date on Tuesday night, so I’ll get to meet her again soon. Should be interesting.
Kuniko and I stopped at Akashi station and picked up a birthday cake for Kuniko’s sister. She was staying at her folks’ place, so we made a quick stop at home and then drove to their house. We ate dinner there, and had some birthday cake for dessert. Kuniko’s sister looked happy, and I think it was a pretty nice little birthday party.
We couldn’t get out of there without taking loads of vegetables with us. We took onions, a pumpkin, a big bag of green peppers, some okra, and even some white eggplants. Besides the veggies they also gave us some cakes, snacks, and leftovers from a rice dish that Kuniko’s mom made for dinner. We need more people to eat all this food.
We arrived home with full bellies again, and conked out soon after that. Tomorrow the week officially starts, but I don’t start teaching until Friday.
