vicky's birthday

october 10-12

to celebrate vicky's 24th (which conveniently fell on a long weekend), we all went down to kiso-fukushima for a fantastic party, followed by a bit of culture.  vicky cooked a feast for us (complete with homemade spring rolls) and on sunday, some of us went to tsumago for a little sight seeing.

the party...

me, ross, a guy i don't know, angie and betsy kick it one time on the down stroke.  (those are sara's legs there in the corner.)

clare, practicing 'internationalization' with a boy i don't know, and reiko, vicky's VERY cool friend who is getting married next year.

the next day...

for a bit of culture, (from l-r) kath, sarah, clare, vicky and i (i took the picture) drove down to tsumago, right at the border of nagano and gifu kens.  we were joined by about a million other people, who all came to see the perfectly preserved edo-period village.  people actually live here, but they don't allow modern eyesores like tv antennae etc.  the weather was perfect, and it was a lovely day.