December 2009
6 posts
More about Naoshima - Art Island →
The art islands website (click on the white letters above) with a super zoom-in map as introduction. We’re off to the north of the island.
A shared language
I am far from mastering Japanese, my mouth is merely nibbling at its edges. But thanks to the super Collins Gem, I can – when I know what I want to say - prepare a sentence and deliver it. Successfully – thanks to the wee book. There is instant understanding from the other party, but then a stream of words in response, like a line being cast out and I have no idea how to unravel it. What are...
Jet lagged of Japan
Perhaps it is a very standard response to being somewhere entirely new and definitely far from home – or perhaps it is just me. In the rush of all the things that are so very different, I grasp on to the things that are the same. Though I disapprove, verging on hate MacDonalds, seeing their M on a sign brings a smile to my face. So much else is indecipherable. I am not planning on purchasing a...