I went to the big pond koen with Olivie and Sybill. We walked the perimeter of the pnd and sat and talked for awhile. It was a good little excursion. Tomorrow I plan on climbing Mt. Hiei. ashita hieizan ni noborimasu. I created a poem for Taka and gave her a drawing to show my thanks for the beautiful dinner she created for me.
This was my attempt at poetry:
Kyoto Life

Raven-haired beauty,
Sitting under the sparkling electic lights,
Plum wine and pure conversation,
a cool autumn breeze.

I was depicting the place we often sit and talk sipping on plum wine with the christmas lights that are hanging there always. The pure conversation was a reference to the literati of Japan. I will cook for her next week with help from the resident chef Olivie. I got some notes to study from Taka from the first lesson she gave me for Japanese. Gotta get cracking on my drawings, only have two so far this week. Well I'm gonna do some more studying. Bye for now.