Shiga Retreat

Went up to Kitakomatsu in Shiga to work with some employees of the Doshisha Elementary Schools on their retreat weekend. Had a great time playing with the kids, even though one tried to get me to eat a "snake strawberry", which is an extremely bitter little berry. My instincts told me it was probably not a good idea to trust a 10-year-old's berry identification skills. I also met some really neat people (the other chaperones), and we had a nice time "socializing" until 3am, despite having to wake the kids up at 6:30 the next day. Boy, that Russian dance we all did during the music lesson at 8am was, needless to say, not at the top of my 'must-do' list. Pictures! Of kids enthralled by the electric keyboard, playing with Oren, pingpong, soccer, eating a radish.