Friday, March 18, 2011

One Week After

One week after the earthquake we are still feeling the effects of the disaster even in distance Aomori. While this does not bring any life threatening issues to us, it does spoil the last week of plans we have.

Last night we had plans to have dinner with a couple of our old students at the famous Gusto. We were to meet at Gusto at 6pm, but upon arrival we were shocked to find the impossible--Gusto was closed!! This is the first time we have ever seen this sight as Gusto is open 24h. Obviously we were quite disappointed, so we had to find a different place to eat.


After finding another destination for dinner, we were given few options of the possible menu items due to the shortage of food being delivered to our area; for example, out of 10 possible pasta choices on the menu, we were only allowed 4. But we had to settle. and enjoyed our dishes. We can't complain because we at least have food to eat. We were also ushered out at 8pm to save electricty. Why don't they utilize some of these electricity-saving techniques all the time?

On our walk home from dinner we were also surprised to see the only other 24h restaurant in our city, McDonald's, had closed early--8pm! This is actually better than just following the earthquake when McDonald's didn't open all day! Can you believe it, a whole day with NO McDonald's?!


Overall, nothing to really complain about. We are still making plans with our friends and old students and enjoying our last few days to the fullest.

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