Dutch Pea Soup

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Today is a busy day...having to meet Agnoek, a fellow student from Leiden, who is studying in Kyoto and is down here for a trip with the other foreign students in Kyoto on a scholarship from the Ministry of Education. Met at the Nagasaki Peace Park, a visitor's highlight but I'm sorry to say the first time I ever visited these premises. Since today saw a wonderful 18 degrees and lotsa sun we decided to have a coffee in the sun.
Good news...Rianne is going this september to Kyoto for a year.

Sometimes when you're in another country you have this incredible craving for your own food. So decided to make 'Dutch Pea Soup'. Had brought the dried peas and the smoked sausage from Holland but bought the pork meat, bacon, celery, carrots, oignons and potatoes here.
And it was just like momma used to make it..........delicious.

More good news.... Paul will come and visit me here the first week of May. The ways of the Lord are wonderous and manyfold. I guess too many people have told him that you just cannot not visit the place your hubby is spending a whole damn year, especially when you're traveling all over the place the whole year round. But then again I maybe totally wrong and he decided it all by himself ........... Anyway I'm very much looking forward to it.
My small travel report (in Japanese and English) has passed the test and will be published in the Nagasaki University News at the end of February.
Hmmmm...how about becoming a reporter as a new occupational passtime...??