Meet Molly the Miata

    Meet my Japanese car' Molly the Miata!! Isn't she cute? It's the perfect little car for Japan. Molly is almost like my barbie convertible, but the barbie car was red lol! I know I'm dumb for naming my car but it's a tradition ever since my first car. Molly was built in '96 which is the same year as my first car Polly the Pontiac. I figured since they were built the same year, that they should have similar names! Don't Isaac and his friend Greg look so cute!

    We have had a very eventful and busy weekend. You'll be happy to know that I have plenty of pictures for you! Saturday morning we went to the river and did a little snorkeling. The water is crytal clear, it's absolutely beautiful! It's pretty cool because at the top of the dam there is fresh water and the bottom is salt water. We snorkeled in the fresh water.

    After spending the day at the river we went out to eat at a place that Americans call Chicken Shack,but the actual name is Sanzoku. Its a cute place in the mountains. You eat outdoors and sit at traditional japanese tables. They were packed though and it took about an hour to get our food. Isaac was in no mood for pictures, but I tried anyway. Heres what happened...

First the arguing, after the eye roll, then the nose wipe and finally the smile. Looks like I won! I guess the 4th time was the charm lol! Once the food came he was in a lot better mood of course.

This was dessert! Its ice cream with a sweet bean sauce. Sounds weird I know, but it was delicious! I might go back just for that!

The guys posing on our way out! Yes, Isaac does have a crab on his shoulder!

    Sunday we decided to be adventurous and head out to the Kintai castle and bridge. The drive out there was beautiful in Molly with the top down of course. We decided to hike up to the castle and then took the tram down. The hike was so peaceful, it was nice to listen to all the noises in the mountains and talk with Isaac. We haven't had time to really enjoy ourselves yet so it was a great treat for us. I think when Isaac gets out of the Marines that we need to live around the mountains. I love being outdoors! Now I know this is what you truly want, so here are the pictures:

The beautiful Kintai bridge!

Cheesin

This possibly means: Run, angry squirrels with guns that set fires!!!!! We took the risk!

We made it to the top! You can see the base on the top left corner and the rest Iwakuni and the river that cuts through to the ocean.

    The beautiful Kintai Castle. The original castle was demolished during WWII but the town rebuilt it after. It's absolutely beautiful. On the inside are a bunch of samurai swords that were found in the ruble of the demolished castle. Isaac was like a kid in a candy store!

This sword was huge!!

They also found this armor. Can you imagine wearing that? It would be so heavy and hot!

    After we left the castle we were absolutely hungry! So we decided to head to downtown for some food. We had heard of a local food and wanted to try it. It's called okonomiyaki, basically they pour some patter on the grill and then put cabbage, pork, egg, and noodles on top. It was delicious! 

This is the "soul food" of Japan! At least that's what a Japanese lady told me, lol!

    Sorry for not posting lately. I caught a little stomach bug that has zapped all of my energy!! I promise to post more once I'm feeling better. I haven't done much lately. I had my interview for the 4th grade position on Monday. It went well, I think, but I haven't heard anything yet. I had another interview on Tuesday to teach English to adults on base. I start next Monday! Ill be teaching every Monday night and hopefully I'll pick up more classes from there. Yesterday I went to go look at houses, no luck yet. The two houses that I saw were very small. I don't think our bedroom furniture would have fit in any of the bedrooms. Ill just have to keep looking. Today I am taking the day off to try and get better! Lots of movie watching and laying in bed, wish me luck ;0)