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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Dead person?...

If you could birng back one person from the dead, who would that be and what would you serve for dinner and why? 500 words

If I could bring anyone back from the dead I would bring back, I would bring back one of the most infamous people in the world, Adolf Hitler. For appetizers we will have caviar and various breads and cheeses. The main course will be Trout in butter sauce and squab. The reason the feast would comprise of such things, is because conventionally, you always start off with light food in the beginning, meaning the caviar, bread, and cheeses. Another reason being, to warm up the conversation between such an infamous dictator. The cheese and bread is traditionally a start of the meal “meal” and there for should be included in the feast of the returning dictator. Although the caviar, the reason the caviar is included is because it was Adolf Hitler's favorite appetizers, and this should appeal to him.
After the chasers we would move on to the main course, where he will enjoy his favorite meal of trout in butter sauce, which he loved with a passion and it is said that his last meal was trout in butter sauce before he committed suicide. With his being such a devoted trout lover, the meal should get the dictator to start talking about confidential information. Because everyone loves to talk about stuff when they are having a good meal and enjoying life, but in this case, enjoying being alive again. According to most people Hitler was a vegetarian, so most of the foods do not have meat in them.
From there on we would talk about why he put all those people in concentration camps, and go all the way to what he felt about the world in general. We will cover a wide variety of topics, even the ones about what his last thoughts were before his great empire fell. We would also talk about the secret testing facilities he had and experiments that to this day have people wondering what the Germans were up to.
Finally, dessert will arrive, with dessert will come baklava and chocolates. These were Hitler's favorite desserts, and he loved to eat them all the time. He would be very happy to have such a great meal, and be happy to talk about anything.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Japan days being

On the first day I went to japan, we were riding through the city with cars all over the place. It was crazy, but thankfully all the Japanese drivers are very respectful of the bikers and do not try to run them over or honk at them. The reason we were rushing through the city was that we were suppose to get on a ferry that is about a two hour trip to the other island. The plan was to be there get on the 1:45 ferry, but once we got there we were already too late, and once we had gone to confirm our tickets we realized that the 1:45 ferry was non existent. So we had rushed all the way for nothing. We decided to go have some lunch and that is where my father and all his friends learned how to order beer in japan in various sizes. The time came around for us to head down to the landing area to get on the ferry and with a brief waiting period we got on the huge ferry. We all rode down this big empty corridor where the cars and semi trucks will soon fill. They chained our bike tight up against the wall of the ship and we proceeded upstairs into the common area. The ferry was very nice on the inside, with a few gambling games, and of course the all famous Japanese vending machines. There was a flat area for people to sleep too.
Once the two hours were up, it was dark and we had to bike another 17 blocks to get to our hotel. Luckily we had our gps system called the Garmin, that thing was a life saver. We reached out hotel, checked in and went up into our rooms before meeting back down in 15 mins to go out to dinner. The rooms in that hotel were TINY! You had just enough room to place your belongings and a place to sleep and take a shower. Once we had changed in our tiny room we went out and roamed the streets for dinner. We asked a man if he could help us locate a restaurant that the conciser had suggested us. He very politely said yes and lead us strait to the place, but they were full. He then said for us to follow him because he said he knew another place to eat at. The man was soo kind and generous to lead us three blocks out of his way to a restaurant and when he wanted to thank him by inviting him in to have a drink, but he politely refused again and left. I will never forget that man who so generously helped us that night, and wouldn't accept anything in return.

Japan culture oddities

But there is nothing better than finally getting off your bike and being able to check into your hotel/ accommodations, because about 80% of the time, where ever you are staying there is a traditional bath, called an onsen by the Japanese people. In general terms, an onsen is like a hot spring, or a spa. It is almost a type of sacred bathing place for the people. You have to wear the convention Yokata, which is a robe, before you enter into the onsen area. You then must rinse your body before you enter the onsen, If you do not you have the possibility of being yelled at by other people for not being clean before thoroughly cleaning yourself. Another very important thing about the onsen is that you must go completely nude with possibly other men inside the onsen as well. Conventionally men and women are separate but there are a few of the co-ed onsens where both men and women are completely exposed. At first it is a very, nerve racking knowing there are other nude men around you, but then after a while you get used to it. There are rules that there should be no staring or any sort of nonsense, and people generally follow those rules.
One down side to the Japanese culture, is that when you go to bed at night after a long hard day of biking. The Japanese sleep on little lightly cushioned mats, called tatame mats. These are not all the comfortable to sleep on after a long ride. Another thing is that the pillow they give you, is like a rice sack. It is hard and feels as though it was filled with some sort of grain. Not all that comfortable but it was a place to sleep. I had some bad back pains after waking up in the morning and I felt like I didnt get much sleep, but after taking a quick moment in the onsen, it usually loosens things up.

Japan 1

This month, October 5, I went to Shikoku, Japan for a bike tour. We biked all around Shikoku and it was a really fun experience. Japan is such a beautiful place, and the climate was nice and cool, perfect for biking. While I was there, I had gotten to experience all the different forms of riding, from biking in cites to the wide open back country to the express highways. Japan is a very bike friendly country and many people respect bikers. But some of the roads are kind of scary. Like in some of the mountainous areas, I believe the Japanese try to preserve the natural environment and create only a one lane road through the mountains. Occasionally there is a little edge for cars to go into just in case there is another on coming car, but other than that, that is all. There is only a mere guard rail that rises above the ground at half a meter high to protect you from a certain death off a cliff face. The time that becomes really scary is when a huge semi truck comes by and leaves you about three feet of room, which you and your bike with paniers take up about two feet of that three. So basically you have six inches on either side of you from hitting a truck or falling to your doom. But it is all worth it when you get to where you are going, because every where you go there is atleast one perfect view of japans beautiful scenery.