On Thursday I did my first totally solo train trip to the lady's meeting at church. Thankfully, I found a English website to find the best train arrangement! We had a nice ladies meeting and I learned some new recipes.
After the meeting, I went up the street to meet Yoko Suzurikawa, a young mother of 3 children, who has been coming to our Tokyo church. She had asked if I could talk English with her. She knows quite a lot of English, but doesn't have the opportunity to speak it much. I enjoyed playing with her darling children and she taught me how to cook a delicious supper of fish, mixed autumn veggies, and the Japanese version of scrambled eggs! I learned a lot! We hope to talk every Saturday morning via web camera. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement! I hope and pray she does not get transferred to another area with her husband's job! I got somewhat flustered on the way home on the train and ended up taking the long way home--almost 25 minutes longer than the better route--so much for thinking I am a real pro at the trains!
Today we are on our way to Oahu. Akihiro will be taking his geriatric board examination on October 23rd and then we will have a day to explore. He has been very busy studying! We pray his efforts will be blessed with a passing score!
I have been experimenting with my Japanese cookbook and with some online recipes. I deveined shrimp for the first time in my life! We had tempura and it was quite tasty, if I do say so myself! I have also enjoyed cooking with the mushrooms and vegetables that are in season--burdock root, lotus root, taro, etc.