Day 9 - Even God rested one day

Posted on June 6, 2008
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Finally, a day of rest! After 8 days of solid walking or travelling we decided that we needed a day of nothing to break up our holiday. It was raining most of the day so we didn’t feel that we were missing a great deal. It was too wet to climb Fuji or go on any of the trams or even just walk around the lakes.

A second attempt at laundry didn’t repair the damage the last machine did and Sandy’s purple clothes remained purple but we did replenish our dwindling collection of clean clothes and nothing new got ruined.

Sandy and I curled up in the movie room and watched a few movies while we waited for loads to finish and dry.  Folding clothes was about as much exercise as we could handle.

That evening, Fred and Lisa arrived at K’s House with a stray they had picked up in Kyoto and had convinced to join them in Fuji. Ryan turned out to be a bit of a photographer himself and we all got on like a house on fire.

Ryan and Gideon comparing cameras

Fred Lisa & Gideon, chilin’ out

We popped out the grocery store to pick up some dinner and hilarity ensued as I couldn’t distinguish between milk and cream. (We wanted cream for strawberries – our dessert) After standing and staring at the milk section for, what felt like, forever, a man approached and offered to help us. He found the cream for me and we were on our way.  As a blond haired woman with fair skin and eyes, I felt a bit like a celebrity in Fuji-san. People stared and children would try to touch my hair.

On the way out of the shop, we were stopped by a man carrying his 3 year old son. “Please,” He said “can you talk to my son in English?”

Of course, we did! I asked the little boy lots of questions and showed him pictures of Tomi. He seemed shy at first but quickly warmed to us, laughing and smiling.

That little boy made my night!

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