A couple of stories I forgot. In Nara there are thousands of cute little deer that walk around the city, especially in the parks, pretty much domesticated. They come right up to you looking for a handout (150 yen for a small pack of crackers). You can pet them and everything. It:s pretty cool. Story is that the founder of the main temple there, a diety, rode into town on a deer so they are protected animals. One of them sauntered up to Maki and grabbed her map! And started eating it! That:s a serious problem for a tour leader. We got it back, though. Well, about 2/3 of it. Got the deer to come up to me by pretending I had a deer cracker and snatched it from its mouth. Fortunately it only ate the part of the city we had been in. Ha ha.
Right now Leonie is baking brownies with Fumiko, Maki:s mom. Maki is the translator. Fumiko already converted the measurements and temperatures. This is a fun activity. I:m going to go watch. Either that or watch Nathan play shogi with Ichiro.
Later today we go to the local shopping area to get fun Japanese groceries and also to buy a shaved ice maker. Yum.
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