Lunch with Friends

After spending the morning scrapbooking with Vicky, we enjoyed a delicious lunch at Bombay Blue - the favorite of all four of us.

English Class Dinner at Bombay Blue

Socializing and eating at a restaurant with English speaking staff and native English speaking friends is a great way for university students to practice their English skills!

Maternity Leave Party

In Japan, it’s common for a new mother to take a year off (if she comes back to work at all) when she has a baby.  Ted’s co-worker is taking time off to have her first baby, so before we left on our trip, we had a little get-together at Bombay Blue restaurant to wish her well.

Adventurous English Students

One of my English classes is planning a (pretend) trip to Australia.  I wish we could really go! They would be a fun group to travel with.  They’ve decided to go for a week in February, when it’s still winter here.  They have been researching where in Australia to visit because it is a big country and we can’t do it all in a week. They've chosen to go to Sydney for four days and Tasmania for three.  Next, we will choose hotels and make reservations by phone, then make decisions on what we need to pack. We are looking into the currency and the exchange rate and how much things cost.  I’m learning a lot while they are practicing their English skills.

Wednesday, we took our class to Bombay Blue restaurant for an Intensive English Lunch.  The owner and staff all speak English so it was great practice.  Santa san (my husband, Ted) joined us.  They all did excellent with speaking only English!

English Class at the Indian Restaurant

This week for a change of pace, my university English class met at Bombay Blue for lunch.  The owner and his staff all speak English and the restaurant is located about half a block from the university – perfect for our lunch meeting.  I was a little nervous the morning of our class.  Even though at the previous class we had gone over the menu and practiced ordering in English and reviewed topics to talk about, I wasn’t sure it would work.  What if no one had anything to say or worse, everyone spoke in Japanese?  I’m happy to say that didn’t happen.  I’m really very pleased with how they were able to order their meals and how they talked to each other in English. They talked about the weather and skiing.  They asked each other questions about favorite foods and movies and musicians.  Many of them turned 20 years old this year, so the “Coming of Age” holiday in January was discussed, along with how old they each are.  They were even able to make jokes.  Yes, I was quite relieved and pleased with the lunch.  Ted came to lunch with us and took these photos.

 

 

All who came to lunch get an A for the day.