Day 2

Jet lag is wearing off so getting up and going to sleep is much easier.  For work today we started at 9:00 after a breakfast of toast, wild strawberries, and leftovers form yesterday's dinner. We did a light cleaning of the house and we also remade the rooms after the 5 guests left this morning.  Max then showed us the yard work he wanted us to start on.  The list is very long and contains some painting, planting, weeding, and removing bushes and trees. We started with removing some of the bushes and trees. We worked until 12:30 to have a lunch of pasta and mushrooms. Max got a phone call after lunch that 3 guests wanted to stay tonight.  Yuko took us to the farmers market and brought Shiho and Seiji.  We bought ice cream from dairy made locally, a ceramic mug, red been cakes, postcards, and lemon gum. Before we left town we stopped at a Buddhist shrine. When we got back we did some more yard work and then helped with dinner. We will head to bed early to finish our second day.
                                                                         -Jordan