Rain, rain and more rain as seen from our balcony this afternoon.
It is officially rainy season and it has rained non stop all day, it is raining so hard that I am beginning to think that there can't be anymore rain left up there! Nevertheless, it's Sunday and rainy Sunday afternoons are perfect for endless cups of tea, baking and watching TV. While watching the Discovery Channel and dreaming of sunnier climes I dreamt up the idea for Pina Colada muffins (pineapple and coconut doesn't sound anywhere near as exciting). As soon as they were baked and cool enough to eat my friend Julie came round for tea. Julie comes around for tea every Sunday afternoon and faithfully acts as guinea pig for my latest muffin creation, other experiments have included pumpkin and chocolate chip, banana and walnut and mango and raisin. However, I have to say that the Pina Colada muffins were slightly disappointing (I really had high hopes for them!) and pumpkin and chocolate chip remains the firm favourite.
The rain has also given us the perfect excuse to stay in and recover from the rest of the weekend's exertions. We attended two leaving parties, one last night and one on Friday night. The party on Friday night was held at a local french restaurant, the food was excellent and the mojitos and bubbly were flowly very freely. In fact, everyone was having so much fun that the police arrived to tell us to keep the noise down! There were lots of very sore heads on Saturday morning and last night's party was a bit more subdued as most people were still getting over Friday night.
Tonight we are going out for dinner and then watching the football at the pub, I hope there are no penalties as I don't think I will be able to stay awake until 2 in the morning! However, watching England in a penalty shoot out is always a fun experience!
Here is a random photo to keep you entertained until next time.
Geta sandal maker in Hiroshima
NB. Those are some serious built up shoes in the middle of that picture.
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