a few of you have asked me if we've had any adventures here in the antipodes yet. i've had to tell them no, which is kind of disappointing. i suppose there are the daily domesticated adventures (such as the frowning of the kitchen gods upon me resulting in two successive cooking disasters) and the random odd or beautiful thing that catches (for example, the thick layer of soap suds on the central fountain in the park across from the university), but no real adventures. this might be in part due to the fact that we are both working and studying to the point that we can't remember what day it is, or the fact that we haven't been able to leave the city.

however we've thrown care and responsibility to the wind (which maintains quite a presence here so it wasn't that difficult once we decided to do it) and are taking the weekend off. the whole weekend. starting in about an hour. i'd give you a run down of our general itinerary but i'm not too clear on it myself. we're headed south toward mountains and forests and lakes and hotsprings and generally cooler weather. i should return with tales of conversations and waterfalls and hours of tramping. and Beloved should have some amazing photographs to share.

so adventure is on it's way...