As we drove onto the Shimanamikaido Bridge the sun began to emerge. I pulled over, whipped out the video camera, and caught a glorious sunrise.
We needed an onsen. Richard didn't fancy
going to the onsen in his old town because
of the chance of running into some of his
old kids, so we decided on Plan B - ring
the local ALTs (The Bridge takes through
several islands with resident ALTs) Doug
Blanc was out, but Matthew Walls was in (and
surprising for an ALT at 7.30 on the morning
of a public holiday, awake!). Matthew kindly
let us have a shower and in return I tried
to fix his blocked sink - I would have succeeded
had the wrench been large enough.
We caught up on Ehime gossip (not much) and then went to the house of Richard's adoptive parents, the Abes. I planned to catch some sleep there, but was thwarted by the appearance of a tasty lunch and analysis of the American election (Bush ahead by a few hundred votes, recounts).
I left Richard in Imabari and headed south to Uwa, to the Mizunuma residence, for a sleep, and a couple of days break - we have a show in Matsuyama on Saturday.
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