Beaches and Meet’yas
June 17, 2008
We’ve been in Hawaii a week and are still getting used to American life. We are still amazed at how big the portions are at restaurants… the drink sizes….
Two of the big highlights of our time here has been getting to hang out with friends from Sanda! On Friday, we met Yuriko I. and her husband at the Cheesecake Factory, one of our favorite restaurants in Waikiki. They were here for just three days on vacation. They, too, were amazed at the sizes of all the food!
Then, today, we got to meet our friend Masao I. We took him to our very favorite beach, Kailua. He loved it as much as we did. Then, we went to a hamburger restaurant that is rated one of the top ten most delicious hamburger joints in the U.S… and we all had to agree.
(Do you like their hats?) It’s helped us with our homesickness for Japan to meet these special friends! Of course, it doesn’t hurt that we’re in such a beautiful place. Our kids have loved swimming in the ocean- they just go running in as soon as we start walking to the ocean. We’ve had a chance to go swimming four times.
Tomorrow we will be leaving for the Big Island for 3 days- more fun adventures to come!
