Sunday Lunch

The problem with meeting people for Sunday lunch, no matter how much fun it is, is that there isn't much to say about it.

We drove into Nagoya, about 80 minutes away by car. We went to. a small plant sale and then met Kaori's father in a Denny's Family Restaurant for lunch. After that we went round to Michinau's house for coffee/tea and biscuits, then we drove back to Gifu.

And that is an accurate description of the day, but it makes it sound as though it was quite dull and uninteresting.

Which it wasn't. We were delighted to catch up with Kaori's father, although her brother had to work and couldn't join us. It is quite a privilege to be invited into a Japanese person's home. We had a delightful afternoon.

Lindsey and I had "Grilled Brothers" for lunch, which it turns out is what Denny's calls a small mixed grill: a hamburger patty, a chicken thigh and a small piece of steak, with spinach, corn and potatoes and gravy. We might have had chips on the side, and a salad to make it faintly healthy

Austin had a few coupons for Denny's so we had American style pancakes for dessert, paid for with the coupons:

Michinau, Austin, Tatsuki

I think Michinau has almost
got used to random Australians
hugging him
😆

You might have thought after all that food that we wouldn't need dinner - but we very much enjoyed the Indian takeaway that Austin and Lindsey went and collected for us. The portions were all quite small and we could mix and share them.

Kaori is at work today, and Tatsuki has gone to school. It's raining. Austin has the day off and is at the gym. And later he, Lindsey and I are heading back into Nagoya for a spot of shopping.