Wednesday-Shimo-kitazawa

Wednesday we didn't have to go into school until late morning. We decided to leave our apartment at about 10:00. Carly came down to my apartment and we walked over to get our bikes. I was a bit surprised when I realized that my bike was MISSING! There were only about four other bikes there at the time, so it's not like we could have just missed it. So yeah, the only conclusion is that it was stolen! So sad! I'm not sure how the person that stole it is going to ride it though, or even how they managed to take it. I have the key, and without it the lock doesn't allow the back tire to move. We told the office at school about it today and they said they would get me a new bike next week. So yeah, that's the big news!

Later that day John called and wanted to take Carly and me on an adventure. We rode out to Shimo-kitazawa, which is on the far west side of Tokyo. It took about 45 minutes to go there, but it went by pretty fast. This area was a little bit like Asakusa, but definitely more hippie! There were lots of fun little shops. I decided I was going to cover my brown bag/purse with pins and patches from Japan, so I was pretty excited when I found this little shop with quite the assortment. Anyways, it wasn't until after I bought my patch that I noticed the shop was called 420...haha!

At some point John's friend met us and we all went out to dinner. We had some okinomiyaki, but this kind was a little different than what I had before. It's still very much like an omelet, but it also had some spaghetti noodles in there. I didn't like it as much as the kind we had a few weeks ago, but it was still very good. After dinner we headed over to this amazing crepe shop for some dessert. There were probably close to 30 different kinds to choose from and they were all laid out in this display case. I had the special fruit kind with kiwis, strawberries, and mandarin oranges. It was really good!