Hisashiburi

That basically means it's been a long time.

One week, to be exact.

One week since I've driven my Beetle. Last week I rode my bike to work each day, and didn't go anywhere in the evenings. Then this weekend I did a road trip with a friend -but not in my car.

Today my alarm wasn't set properly and I got up late, so I drove to work. I miss my car, but with gasoline at 140yen/L or just under $1.50CDN/L, it's nice to have the option of keeping her at home.

Rainy season will come soon enough and I'll be driving more again, I'm sure.

I love Japan

2006 Bug Works VW Meeting at Iox Arosa Ski Resort

I spent the weekend at the local VW Meeting, put on by Hayashi-san at Bug Works and his dutiful team of helpers - including me! You can see by the photos that what started out as a scorching Saturday afternoon turned into a Sunday of rain...oh well, we had a good turn out. My duties were to greet people as they drove in and to present the awards at the end of the day. I was on my feet most of the day, only stopping when the rain and wind picked up and I had to run for cover. My VW buddy Kazz came all the way from Tokyo for the event and even though we didn't get a whole lot of sleep this weekend (we had a BBQ Sat night) we both had a great time!