Our drive to Takayama took us through some of the most spectacular scenery - meandering through the mountains on extremely narrow roads the wound through mountainous terrain with a roaring river and snow on top of some of the peaks. If you looked closely you could also catch glimpse of a few waterfalls and the occasional steam escaping through the ground from the volcanic activity.
For lunch we stopped at a quaint roadside venue in the Nagano region where the students tried to order their meals from a variety of different vendors in Japanese they had learned earlier on the coach from Yukari-san. They did really well and the view was amazing - over looking a lake on road the locals call the Lovers' Pathway.
We passed the time on the coach singing, playing cards, listening to music, learning Japanese and enjoying the scenery.
We finally arrived at our destination, the Murayama Guesthouse. After settling in, we had a traditional Japanese meal hibachi style. The kids said this was the best meal yet.
It is now after 9:30 here - all the boys are fast asleep and the girls safely giggling in their rooms. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow.
Good night for now.
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Kathi, the 2nd video is marked private. Can you make it public? Thanks so much for this blog. It's so good to see the smiles across the miles!
ReplyDeleteSorry - I will get it public. Didn't realize it was private.
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