On The Base, blue street and Pepper Lunch

Here's the view from the computer/Calidghe's Room




Blue street-sorry so dark


Today Aunt Kathleen showed me all over the base. It is not terribly big and is easily walkable on foot. I am afraid though because ALL THE BUILDINGS LOOK THE SAME. Everything on base looks alike so that will be hard to navigate at first. I went to my first Japanese Starbucks today and well, everything was the same. There was a little confusion in the order-taking process, but other than that it was nice. Even the cup markings are universal here. The base is nice. There is a wonderful work-out facility and a nice area to run right near the water. I can't wait to get out there and run. I've been bad about exersizing in general so with the wonderful excuse of getting to run by the coast line is a good one.

I also got to meet John's middle-school summer class today. Uncle John teaches English and of course as summer school is, everything is a bit more laid back. Classes get out at noon and class sizes small. The kids seemed to enjoy "Mr. Sevigny's" class very much and he is a big hit at the school. Kids even request to have his class. Yep that's my uncle.


Aunt Kathleen, who also teaches, is taking the summer off and so she had plenty of time to show me around town. I also applaud he wonderful driving skills and how easily she manuevers past the close traffic and tight spaces. Kudos.


Today me and Calidghe went to feed and take care of the cats of some fellow teachers who went back home to the states for the summer. Apparently, the house smelled really bad before, even Michael said it smelled bad, which according to Calidghe, that means that it is REALLY bad, unlivable even. When we got there though, we ran into the Housemaid who comes once a week to clean the apartment. The lady, who was Japanese, was not expecting us, and didn't want to let us into the apartment. Eventually she let us in after Calidghe explained to her that we were not robbers. The cats were nice. Their names are patches and spooks and both were rescued from the humane society in Yokosuka. Spooks is my favorite.


For dinner we went to a place called Pepper Lunch which is a wonderful place. Instead of ordering your food regularly from a menu, here you order vending machine style with buttons that have the different meal options and price. You pick what you want, put the coins in the slot, and then you we a reciept and had that to the waitress. The food is great and comes partially cooked on a hot skillet-like plate and cooks when you push it around . I got the standard pepper steak which was super tasty. We also took a stroll down blue street Which is called so because the buildings are blue and it is the main shopping area. It has anything you could ever want there.