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Hi! Just saying hello cause the connection is too slow to post pictures today. I am very comfortable in the new place, it s alittle pension on the mountains (somewhere called Appi kogen). It s kind of Austrian style pension village, and it s very quiet cause it s not skiing season. We have little work to do so I had time for sightseeing and playing tennis. And most important the temperature is much more reasonable than in Kansai. Although it s raining almost everyday, but still warm. I met nice wwoofers here and I get along so I m thinking about staying as my last wwoofing place, unless the next host gets angry for breaking my promise.... decisions.... aaaah . At this stage I wish could stay in one place for longer and relax. I think I did most of the travelling I wanted to. Ah we ll see. A big hello!!
Laura+Grainne+Tim: good stuff , can t wait to get some of that bread when I come back!!
I miss bread and especially cheese!!!!!!! Not cakes, cause here they have amazing french style pastries so no panic ah ah ah. Missing cheese though....
Grainne when u going to Canada?
Mick: everybody is telling you to go cause it s a good opportunity, spanner! It s hard to get that kind of deal! As for me, i ll have to be pleased with any job in Dublin, but also I think I m ready to get back to animation now, so at least I don t have to be scared of that ah ah. Keep us posted, ok? Hug
Tim: I think I will be ok when I come back, I got the emotions overdose I needed and now I am exhausted ah ah!!!! So I m ready for a Dublin autumn and winter. I m just glad I didn t waste another summer in the rain of course. But I have the feeling Ill be happy when I come back. And broke ah ah ah ah. Huggg

Tomorrow I m heading north again, to near Morioka, so I dont know when ill be able to write again. Hope everybody is fine. Will ther be anybody left in Dublin when I come back? At least Tim, right? Tim wait for meeeee..... Big kissessssss

I forgot to mention the little crabs from the stream , they all a bigger claw than the other, so funny!
Nara is a small city, but beautiful. Loads of temple in a big park.
There are deer wandering around and walking along with people. Look at this poser!
Daibutsu. The picture doesnt tell how huge it is. The temple was amazing.
Largest wooden temple in the world and Julie, a Montreal girl I met at the hostel.

I wanted to introduce the Sensei (blue top) amazing person. He s a pottery maker now an dan incredible one, I saw the art gallery. Before was a chef (in fact he came at the camp to cook us deer meat that he hunted himself). And now he s mastering bread making, with an oven he built himself. So he brought us bread in the morning for breakfast (he lived just outside the wood). No wonder everybody call him Sensei (teacher/master). great inspiration. When we met he told me "You italian? Come her, Ill show you Italy!!" and he took me where he kept a 25 years old Ducati motorbike that he obviously polished very often.
The trees of the forest. Sometimes you could here cracks but fortunately no tree fell.
Playing djembe at night etc
Back at the house with other wwoofers.

This is in Hyogo (not too far from Kyoto, where I went to the eco-camp. Rough I can tell. But very interesting, met cool people and lived in the woods for 3 days. I also saw snakes, but harmless. The frogs are tiny tiny (like an inch long) so cute!!!!! We had also some workshops, like an expert came to explain some concept of Chinese medicine and showed us some acupuncture too. Back at the host s house we had our fireworks.

Kyoto again. Picture above is one of the mountain where they light fires the 15th of August to call the ancestors.

OOOps sorry, put the same picture twice. These are temples of Kyoto. No comment...

The night view is Hakodate from the top. Lovely town, with a morning market of veggies and the best fish in Japan. I had the best sushi there. I was overwhelmed by the fish market and the people are very funny.
The little hut? That s were I lived for 10 days when I went wwoofing at this wonderful family, planting trees on a moutain that had been wrecked by an old owner in the 50s. Every day for lunch and dinner we had gorgeous food from their garden. The mother and the daughter sang me the songs from Studio ghibli with the piano ah ah. And much more, but oo much to tell. I had a great time in Hokkaido. Definetely going back. Ah one of the best memories is the view I had from the place, of the Yotei san, a big volcano in the distance, I fell in love with it. Its a beautiful mountain, isn t it?

Chapter 2

Long time no see!!! ah ah
Sorry about that. Technology was too hard to reach these weeks so I ll make the most of this Kissaten in Nara for updating my digital diary.
Laura was a bit worried for me for a while, but I explained. I wanted to say to everybody that Japan is unbelievably safe to travel alone also for a girl. Very easy and safe, I never feel threatened or insecure, haven t seen any dodgey people, here they dont steal, basically. You can leave your bag on the other side of the a train, nobody will touch it. Plus people are so helpful.... ok ok Ill stop praising and put some photos in here. Ciao!!!!

busy on the mountains

Sorry everybody, I didnt have time to keep the blog updated, I will stay here in Hokkaido on the mountains for a few days more, after I will post pictures and all. Hugs!