About exactly 2 weeks ago, the internet broke up with me. Don"t ask me how that happened. All I know is that one day the internet decided that our relationship was going too far and didn't want to commit. Randomly showed up again today but our relationship is still shaky at best, so please forgive my sporadic absences!Anyway, so last week 2 teachers and about 10 students from Kikuyo town's sister school in Australia came to Japan and Kate and I got to show them around Kikuyo. Believe me, it was OH-SO-difficult to HAVE to be out of school for a week and go sightseeing with the Aussies :) We went to an amusement park(where I noticed all of the Japanese girls wore high heels).I had pizza with corn and hot dog toppings. I saw a movie in the Japanese theaters for the first time (where you have to choose your seat before entering the theater). I went to a tea ceremony where we made samurai hats and wore them while drinking traditional Japanese tea (I don't think that was a traditional ceremony). I got to ring a huge bell and clap my hands and bow a few times. I practiced sitting on my legs and got to a maximum of 10 minutes before having to move. (I'm practicing for a 2 hour long tea ceremony that I one day will master while wearing a kimono).
AND FINALLY we went in a little thing called zorbing, that's right ZORBING. If you don't know what it is, google it and find one!I LOVED IT!! I think that was the most fun10 seconds I've had since I've been to Japan. What happens is you jump into a giant clear plastic ball with another personand then water is splashed under you with a hose and then the ball is pushed down thismassive hill. As the ball rolls you slide up the side of the ball in the water. Try thinking about how fun that would be....and then imagine the person bouncing in the ball with you is your co-worker. YEAH, talk about awkward. I didn't realize he and I would be wet together, in a giant ball trying not to touch each other but really falling all over each other screaming. That def made it umm, interesting BUT besides that, IT WAS A BLAST and I would do it again, preferably alone...or something, in a heartbeat :)