On the third day

Miss Adventure and her group drove off after breakfast for their small group session. T.W and I decided to walk to the end of the beach which was some five long and adventurous kilometers away. I believe we only covered two kilometers before we met an impenetrable barrier. Our adventure cut short by the almost hidden and cunningly attractive ice cream parlor.
What's life without its little distractions?
After trying a cool mint ice cream and enjoying it and T.W having her chocolate and vanilla we looked around a small souvenir shop where I managed to get one or two small items for family and friends back home. Then we noticed a bus outside the small shopping complex heading back to the Tokyu hotel resort. There was no set time he departed. He just waited until he had a decent number of paying passengers, how relaxed everything seems with a slow passage of time once you leave the time conscious cities. I think that's one of the things my Father and I both appreciate about his home in Otaru

I was enjoying an orange juice by the hotel pool when the morning group girls and Hitomi arrived back.
We sat for lunch and chose goya chanpuru which is a mix of tofu, melon and vegetables, pork and tuna. It's a local style dish and we found it a very filling and satisfying meal. We have very similar dishes back home of course but somehow the ambiance of this place adds a little something that's missing from when you choose this dish anywhere else in the world.

We sat by the pool for a while with our feet in the water while our lunches digested and then we decided to leave it all behind and just wander off to the beach together. Wednesday is the full group session day and its all day.

We had the afternoon on the beach just having fun together. It seems such a long time since we did that and to share such fun filled moments free of the routines of every day life is a treasure to be savored indeed.

We're heading back on Friday and so making the most of these times are quite important.






Vanilla Mood - Haku