Nagoya Castle
I had planned to meet my friend at 11am, but my hotel check out is at 10am so I had to get out in a hurry. I still felt kind of sick, but I think it's because I didn't eat the much and was constantly on the run. I started feeling better from the stomach flu. I bought some stuff at the convenient store, but the food tasted horrible. I was walking around the meeting area, and she found me. I was surprised that she still remembered what I looked like. We've only met once in our lives. It was at an International Club Movie Night, when I first met YYchi too. I gave her a ride home, just when I got my new car.
The first thing we did was go get some lunch. We went to a pasta place and I ended up getting something with Eggplant and shrimp. It was actually pretty good and didn't upset my stomach or anything. This is where me and KO got caught up on things in the past year and a half. She landed a pretty good job working at "Toyota." She doesn't work there directly, but works at an offshoot company that only deals with the navigation for Toyota, so basically she does work for them.
The next thing we did was walk toward Nagoya castle. It was actually pretty nice and the Shogun of the Era had her last name. So, that was pretty cool. Too bad she's not related though. The castle was only 3 stories high or so, but it was a little bit different than the other castles that I've been to. One of the levels was actually made up to look like it was when the Shogun lived there. Actually it was kind of eerie, but still cool. They had a nice model of the city when the shogun ruled. Afterwards, we sat outside and drank some stuff and talked a little more. More about getting to know each other some more.
From there we jumped on a train to go to the shopping street area. I didn't know what it was called, but it was kinda small. It offered some good stuff, but I didn't feel like carrying any more crap and I was low on dough. So we stopped off at a cafe to drink some Earl Grey Tea. It was nice, I think it was a special kind. We stayed here for a few hours until we needed to go back. She had to get back home early since her grandfather had just passed away recently and she was doing things for her family. This is where I told her my ideas about teaching English. I really enjoyed the conversation and learned more about her. She's actually a really interesting person. I'm glad that I had to chance to meet her again. And she said that she might come visit me in Yokohama some day. Although that's what a lot of people tell me. Around 5pm we went back to Nagoya station so I can get my stuff from coin locker.
My train didn't leave until 6pm, but I jumped on a train that was a little earlier and looked for a non-reserved seat. I got to Shin-Yokohama Station and got off. I called EK because I was supposed to have dinner with him and his family, but he was still sleeping at the time. And it was only him and his mom. So he canceled it. Which actually was much better for me since I still was carrying all my crap from the trip. I got back to Totsuka station and then took the bus home. I finally arrived at 9:30pm and the first thing I did was unpack all the non-essential stuff. I was going to go on another trip early in the morning the next day.
