Today we trekked, and I do mean trekked around Okayama's culture zone (google it).
We saw the Okayama Symphony Hall, the Okayama Orient Museum, the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Korakuen Garden and Okayamajo castle- well the bits you didn't have to pay to see anyway!
I like this shot of one of the covered shopping streets- the shops go on forever.
Okayamajo Castle
Okayama's Cultural ZoneToday I feel... I don't know, maybe it's because I'm tired- or I'm just bored of waiting for training to begin in Hiroshima on Monday. I know I should be enjoying this lull before it all starts up and I have no time to myself, but I'm impatient for more...
Due to the spare time on my hands at the moment I am watching a lot of tv at the hotel; like sumo tournaments, (obviously not understanding a word of the commentary) but I prefer the more girly figure skating and synchronised swimming competitions that are also taking place at the moment. Last night I found this really funny, over the top drama with samurais and geishas swinging swords- again, didn't have a clue what was going on, but there isn't much else for me to do. Proves what I knew from back home- I really will watch anything!
Today's randomly selected phrase from my phrasebook:E-go no menyu- o o-negai shimas.
=I'd like a menu in English please. (Pronounce the 'E' as an 'A', so 'A-go...')
To be honest, they'll probably hand you one automatically- otherwise most menus have pictures so you can just point, smile and say Kudasai= give me (but more polite). Not that a picture menu will help you much as a lot of the food is unrecognisable anyway- just take a deep breath and pick anything.
Due to the spare time on my hands at the moment I am watching a lot of tv at the hotel; like sumo tournaments, (obviously not understanding a word of the commentary) but I prefer the more girly figure skating and synchronised swimming competitions that are also taking place at the moment. Last night I found this really funny, over the top drama with samurais and geishas swinging swords- again, didn't have a clue what was going on, but there isn't much else for me to do. Proves what I knew from back home- I really will watch anything!
Today's randomly selected phrase from my phrasebook:E-go no menyu- o o-negai shimas.
=I'd like a menu in English please. (Pronounce the 'E' as an 'A', so 'A-go...')
To be honest, they'll probably hand you one automatically- otherwise most menus have pictures so you can just point, smile and say Kudasai= give me (but more polite). Not that a picture menu will help you much as a lot of the food is unrecognisable anyway- just take a deep breath and pick anything.
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