We had a busy but very enjoyable weekend. \u00a0Friday night Kuniko was out at a party, so I took the opportunity to go out to Kanegasaki park to watch the fireflies. \u00a0It was a little late in the season, but there were few fireflies floating around the creek. \u00a0I walked there from our house, and stood alone for almost an hour watching them float around. \u00a0Finally I headed back and had dinner on the way home at Junpu. \u00a0The owner of the place was happy to see me and was my dinner companion while her sons worked the grill and picked up some English words from me.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night we met up with the Fukumi’s for dinner at our favorite Spanish restaurant, Oliva in Sannomiya. \u00a0The food was delicious as usual, but the conversation was great. \u00a0The Fukumi’s recently found out that Sayaka is pregnant, so that made for a good topic to discuss. \u00a0We also happened to run into our friend Mr. Ota from Okubo eating there with some friends. \u00a0Exciting times!<\/p>\n
After dinner we dropped in at wine bar “D” for a bottle of red and some cheese. \u00a0It was good to introduce the place to Sayaka and Koki. \u00a0We had an interesting journey home, with a drunken old man collapsing (by chance?) into Kuniko’s arms, and all the fallout from that.<\/p>\n
Sunday we spent the day in recovery mode, sleeping late, doing odds and ends around the house, and then having a superb grilled steak with a caesar salad for dinner. \u00a0We are pretty lucky with all we have, and we could really feel it this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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