chigasaki breeze, no english, no japanese!!!

aya!

i have been with my host family for approximately 4 hours, and already my arms are feeling tired as a consequence of the wild gesticulation i have been doing! only one person speaks english, and she is a teacher out of the house most of the day. aaaargh! it is quite funny though. chizu-san, the mum, made delicious okonomiyaki for dinner- i was so full i couldnt have the second course of noodles, but seriously, how japanese girls stay so thin with all the food they eat is beyond me!!!

anyway, went to the onsen last night in hakone, which was an amazing experience. not a co-educational one thankfully, and we foreigners were a bright white sight to behold in the baths, but it was fabulous. highly recommended everybody.

anyway, have 2 days here, which promise to be manic. keith- the mum is a tigers fan (baseball) and has already given me 2 presents for knowing that they won the championship this year (communicated with the able assistance of my phrasebook!) haha! apparently this weekend is supposed to be relaxing. i personally expect it will be anything but!!! oh well!

ps- sorry for brevity of posting lately. will try to get some more pics up over the weekend.