Meeting the Team

Back home after our castle visit.  At 6:00 pm we turned up in the hotel lobby to meet our tour manager and fellow travelers.  Our leader is a young Korean woman named "Mingi", and there are 13 in the group (the 14th did not turn up).  They are mostly Americans, plus a Candian, two Australians, a Moroccan and a Dane.  James is the youngest, and there is one American couple older than us (Bill and Anne).  The rest are mostly in their twenties.

Minji had arranged a group dinner, and led us down Dotonbori Street and across the river we have already explored, to a Japanese restaurant upstairs.  We would never have found a place like that.  We all took off our shoes, and sat at tables that appear to be just off the floor, but actually have a (Westerner-friendly) foot well beneath.

Two large gas burners were set into each table, and we ordered various raw meats and food which we then grilled ourselves over the burners.  It became very hot in there!

Lisa cooking!