Anyone for Pimm's?

The hot weather has finally arrived, it was thirty degrees yesterday, really hot and humid - so where did I spend the afternoon?
In one really hot and humid kitchen for about 3 hours making food!

We invited our friends around for a Pimm's and cocktail party to celebrate the start of the World Cup and get everyone warmed up for the England game. Ok, it wasn't going to rival Posh and Becks' "Full Length and Fabulous", for a start I will never be as thin as Posh but then again I bet she can't bake a brownie like I can. The food was really tasty, we had curried turkey salad, chicken, pumpkin and couscous with a sweet chilli dressing, pasta salad, bruschetta with pesto, garlic and tomatoes, fresh bread with olive oil and balsamic, chocolate and walnut covered strawberries and finally, some yummy brownies. Martin was a whiz at the bar, mixing up banana daiquiris, mojitos, campari cocktails and about four jugs of Pimm's! After all food and alcohol was consumed we merrily headed into town to watch the football. There is a little excitement about the World Cup but the hype is just not quite the same as being at home. Poor Martin sat up late on Friday night to watch the opening game only to realise that the Japanese coverage was a programme of two men watching the game on their TV. You didn't even get to see their screen and you couldn't understand the commentary as it was all in Japanese - not quite Match of the Day!

We've had a busy week, Martin has been working hard, I've been planning our trip to Thailand in October, plus starting up a book group in Hiroshima and I will also be teaching some English classes from next week on. I'm a little nervous about it as one of the students has only a really basic grasp of English but I guess it will force me to improve my Japanese, I'm sure they'll be plenty of fun and games along the way...

Well there are lots and lots of glasses, dishes and plates to be washed up so I better make a start and then we are going to the gym to soak in the outdoor jacuzzi - just what I need after all that hard work yesterday.


all gone...