Sam had to get up and get going fairly early for work, so we all got up and Anna finished her packing and checking fairly early. We were saving up our hungriness for a big last breakfast, and when she was all done, we traipsed down to downtown Okubo for some breakfast crepes!
After our fortifying breakfast, Anna and I went for a bike ride down to the beach to show her the coast of the inland sea, and to make sure she'd be nice and tired for her overnight flight. I went the right way almost straight away (almost), and we were soon heading along the bike path along the shore in Akashi. We were really lucky - the air was just about as clear as I have seen it here, and we could see all the way down Awaji. I think we could even see Shikoku! We got all the way down to Moomin and Papa's to show Anna the awesome aquarium toilet (if you don't know what I'm talking about, see
here) - it's about an hour bike ride from the Okubo shops. We sat and talked about science, and our careers and watched a guy trying our his new skim board thing while eating the best garlic and cheese toasts I have had in Japan. Then we turned our weary bike handles homewards for a last look around the Okubo shops (and Saizeriya) before grabbing Anna's stuff and getting her onto a train to Kobe.
After I dropped her onto the airport bus at Sannomiya, the cold that I've been trying to ignore for the last few days demanded it's toll, so I went home, changed into my pyjamas and sat on the couch and looked at the chaos that is our house after 3 weeks of visitors. Ahhh, it'll wait until tomorrow.
Food Highlight of the Day: The smoked cheese toast from Moomin and Papa's.
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