Ice Follies

After being inspired by the Winter Games, Nick, Jenny, Aaron and I decided we'd get started on developing our latent ice skating abilities. So we got up early [well, for a weekend] and drove up to the always-cute Kinosaki. Found the outdoor ice skating rink, snagged some blades, and away we were!

Ok, maybe not so away. Ice skating is uh, kinda hard. Jenny was the most upright [damn dancing balance thing], while the rest of us stumbled after her. The only other ice skating experience I had was in 6th grade, and while there were a fair amount of amateurs, there were enough fancy skaters to make me feel self conscious. Not here, though! Most of the skaters were kids who were ok, but not up to crazy talent levels. We toughed it out for about an hour, then we were off in search of lunch.

Note to all Japan-dwellers: Kinosaki doesn't have a whole lotta restaurants, and most of those shut down for a few hours mid afternoon. Aaron and I have fallen into this trap a few times now, but the mere act of typing it and shaming myself in front of the cyber-world should serve as a future deterrant. I hope. After finally finding a food shack, Aaron and I loaded up on souveniers. Cool stuff to be had in the restaurant-challenged Kinosaki.