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Crossing the River

We took our bikes with us today.  I still don’t feel confident cycling.  Cycling in Japan is awkward.  The strange combination of using footpaths and roads confuses me.  And I find it really hard to cycle on narrow streets with pedestrians and other cyclists heading straight towards me.  I’m sure there are rules, but it feels like a free-for-all.

I agreed to cycle as long as I didn’t have to cycle on busy roads.  The plan was to cycle to Mr Donut (a side-effect of making toy donuts in the morning) and then to cycle back along the river.  You can imagine how thrilled I was when I ended up having to cycle uphill on a busy road full of lorries.  I had no idea where we were and what had happened to the river.  And neither did Marty.  I knew things weren’t going well when Marty checked google maps and told me that we were about to cross the river – just not the one that’s beside our apartment.

We did manage to find the right river and our way home but it wasn’t exactly the pleasant cycle I had imagined.  It wasn’t a complete disaster though as we discovered a few new places and I did get to eat donuts.  I also got to try out my new camera lens.

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2 Responses to “Crossing the River”

  1. Geoff! Says:

    Very nice shot! What’s the lens then?

  2. karen Says:

    It’s a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. I wanted something better than the default lens that came with the camera – though it’s taking me a while to get used to a lens with no zoom.