Seeing my friends

Seeing my friends

Over the past 2 weeks, I have been lucky enough to have been visited by 3 of my LA friends. Man oh man, do I miss those guys. It was so great to catch up with everyone and feel like a normal human being. Nothing against my friends here...they are all awesome, but sometimes it is just really nice to hang out with people who know a bit of your history. This way, you don't have to explain things like your humor, or apologize for your sarcasm. Anyhow, my time spent in Osaka and Kyoto with my friends was great...just really short-lived.

And my friend P also managed to come out to my little hamlet and check out the sights. Not that there is much to see in good ol' Shikoku. We did manage to spend a lot of time on trains, ferrys, walking, eating, and sleeping...turns out that other than the big famous shrine (konpirasan in Kotohira) and the monkey park (in Shodoshima) there really isnt much for people to do in good ol Kagawa (my prefecture). I think that he was most impressed by how hungry our Koi are (we spent hours feeding them) how freaky our monkeys are, and how quiet my town is (everything is quiet as of 8 pm...except the racists who patrol the streets looking for gaijin to yell at).

Even though it was a rather quiet visit, it was an awesome break in the monotony for me. (Yeah, I know, I have given my town such stellar reviews...I don't understand why more of you don't come to visit?)