Ramen Truck!!

Most of the week the folks kicked around with Aaron. They also did a solo daytrip to view Himeji Castle and the Rodin exhibit. And on Wednesday, they served as our guests of honor at our Kaiwa class.

Everything went over really well. The students really enjoyed meeting my parents and asking them questions. The weekly notes our student Yasuhiro types up declared my Momma to be charming and my Poppa to be a gentleman! Guess we fooled them! ;)

After class Chika madly drove us back to catch the Ramen Truck. Yes, we have a Ramen Truck. Haven't written about it yet 'cos, um, laziness... Our Ramen Truck comes every Wednesday night between 9 and 10. It plays incredibly creepy pipe music to announce its presence-- sounds like a horde of ghosts are sneaking about. THe driver stops the truck [and the music, thankfully!] and comes to the back. He has some vats with boiling water and broth. Quickly cooks the noodles, then serves you up a great bowl of ramen. While the idea might not be as great as an ice cream truck, ramen trucks are incredibly cool.