a cooking lesson

I went to my friend's home to take a cooking lesson in the morning. She taught her students and me how to cook, "Steamed eggplant, minced ginger, minced long green onion and sesame with soy sauce, sugar and vinegar sauce", "Simmered chicken and tomato with green soybeans" and "cooked rice with pork and carrot". These meals were healthy and stylish. We took several pictures of them, and we enjoyed eating and talking. My friend sereved a cup of milk blamange to each of us. It was beautiful, so we took a picture of it, too. All of cooking were delicious. We had a good time together.

 

in Aomori

We checked out of the hotel in the morning, but we left our suitcases in the hotel while sightseeing. We got on a bus to Oirase-Keiryu(a mountain stream). We enjoyed walking along the mountain stream. We enjoyed watching many waterfalls, many greens, many trees and the stream. I was moved by the beautiful scenery all the time, so I took many pictures of the scenery. The distance that we walked was about 6 km. It took 90 minutes on foot. Then we went back to Towada lake by bus, and we took a rest at a cafe. We went to the hotel to get our suitcases. Then we went home at 11:00p.m. I liked Towada lake and Oirase-Keiryu, so I'll travel to the places again someday.

 

in Aomori

We went to a rental bicycle and boat shop near our hotel in the morning. We borrowed 2 mountain bikes from the shop. We enjoyed the ride around Towada lake all day. The distance that we cycled was about 50 km. There were continuous uphill roads for about 6 km, so we had to walk with the bikes for the distance. It started to rain heavily, but we kept walking. When we reached the top of Ohanabe mountain beside the lake, it poured rain. It couldn't be helped, we took shelter from the rain at the roof of a public bathroom. It became light rain, so we kept cycling again. Then there were continuous downhill roads for about 6 km, so we had to keep going down the roads. There were many loops in the mountain roads, so I went down the roads carefully. Then we took a rest at a cafe in a hotel, and we kept cycling again. I took many pictures of the scenery on my way to cycling around the lake. We finally reached the rental bicycle and boat shop at 4:30p.m. I was exhausted, but I was really happy to achieve cycling around the lake.

 

in Aomori

My husband and I went to Towada city by Touhoku Shinkansen "Hayabusa" in the morning. It took 3 hours to reach Shin aomori station, and then we took an expressway bus to go to Towada lake. It took 2 hours to reach the lake. I took several pictures at my seat. The scenery from my seat was beautiful, but it was raining all the time. Then we went to our hotel. The hotel is near Towada lake, so we could enjoy watching the lake from the windows in our room. We enjoyed walking around the hotel for some minutes, but it started to rain heavily, so we went back the hotel at once. We enjoyed the dinner at the hotel.

 

the samples for my lesson

I made two kinds of soaps as the samples for my aromatherapy and a herbal lesson in the afternoon. The soaps were made from almost all of the same stuff except the main stuff. One of them was made from flakes of soap as the main stuff, but another was made from the M&P soap as the main stuff. While thinking about the soap's composition I tried making them. I used 2 molds for the soaps. One of them is a stylish mold which I'd bought. Another mold is a square mold in which the tofu had been in. I struggled to make them for about 2 hours, and then I finally finished making them.

   

a cooking lesson

I went to my friend's home to take a cooking lesson in the morning. She taught her students and me how to cook, "Baked sardines and tomato with bread crumbs, parmesan cheese and parsley", "crushed cold tofu with ginger, green onion, hone wort and red pepper", "buck wheat with tomato, perilla and Japanese radish sauce". All of the cooking was for summer, besides all of them were delicious and healthy. We took several pictures of them as usual. My friend served Italian dessert which she'd cooked for us. I heard from her that the dessert is popular in Italy. All of the cooking and desserts were delicious, so we enjoyed eating and talking. I'm looking forward to the next lesson.

Gonta

I had lunch at my favorite cafe on my way to my father's home. Then I did the housework and I cooked food for Gonta as usual. I walked him for about 30 minutes. It was really hot and humid, so he didn't want to walk for long distance. After we went back home, I played with him a lot as usual.