ただいま！！
I'm back from Gifu, warming up my apartment, drinking beer and hoping my washing is going to dry. I'm also raiding the recipe stacks of www.justbento.com to find things to eat for the rest of the month.
I took the bullet train from Nagoya to Shinagawa and had to stand the whole way owing to it being the last day of the holidays. The whole of Japan was going back to Tokyo in preparation for tomorrow it seems. I've never had to stand for 90 minutes anywhere in recent memory, but it wasn't quite as bad as I was anticipating. I had Cloud Atlas with me, which cheered me up, and was listening to MF Doom on my iPod (Laura in not-listening-to-heavy-metal shock antics!!).
Rachel put my dinner in a bag and stuffed it in my rucksack so I don't have to cook tonight. Last Sunday night I cooked falafel for lunch on Monday and then forgot to take them with me. I hope they're still edible!!
Things to write about:
1) Getting kicked out of the gym
2) Going to Osaka and having a fabulous time in a forest
3) Some thoughts on books and films and music
4) Err, other stuff - like crazy people on the train, how much I hate old ladies, and why old men love me.
5) Throwing myself down a mountain and bleeding copiously
6) Why being vegetarian in Japan is akin to living in the North of England, except there's no Quorn... or quiche.
開けまして おめでとう ございます！(That mean's Happy New Year in Japanese).
I took the bullet train from Nagoya to Shinagawa and had to stand the whole way owing to it being the last day of the holidays. The whole of Japan was going back to Tokyo in preparation for tomorrow it seems. I've never had to stand for 90 minutes anywhere in recent memory, but it wasn't quite as bad as I was anticipating. I had Cloud Atlas with me, which cheered me up, and was listening to MF Doom on my iPod (Laura in not-listening-to-heavy-metal shock antics!!).
Rachel put my dinner in a bag and stuffed it in my rucksack so I don't have to cook tonight. Last Sunday night I cooked falafel for lunch on Monday and then forgot to take them with me. I hope they're still edible!!
Things to write about:
1) Getting kicked out of the gym
2) Going to Osaka and having a fabulous time in a forest
3) Some thoughts on books and films and music
4) Err, other stuff - like crazy people on the train, how much I hate old ladies, and why old men love me.
5) Throwing myself down a mountain and bleeding copiously
6) Why being vegetarian in Japan is akin to living in the North of England, except there's no Quorn... or quiche.
開けまして おめでとう ございます！(That mean's Happy New Year in Japanese).