To the zoo and strawberry farm!!!!!

Saturday was the best! I had sooooooo much fun. When I woke up, my host mom and I had breakfast. After both of us got ready for the day, we got on bikes (I used Hiroshi's). We went to the bike shop to get our tires filled with air. I dont know how long the bike ride was, but it was definitely a lot of miles. The view was beautiful. Everywhere I looked, there were mountains. I took so many pictures. We went to the Asahiyama Zoo which was located between mountains. The zoo was a lot of fun. We went and looked at all the animals and took pictures of them. We watched the monkeys climb over our heads to another part of their cage. The zoo was very nice, and well kept up. I liked how every sign in the park had pictures of cute animals. After leaving the zoo, my host mom asked if I wanted to eat and she said we would go look for a restaurant on the way back. But then she said turn left at a certain intersection instead of continuing straight. We were going to a strawberry farm. It was another several miles to get to there by bike. When we got there, we went strawberry picking. Happily I found out that while you're picking, you can eat as many strawberries as you want straight from the plant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So my host mom and I ate strawberries non-stop for quite a long time. They were DELICIOUS!!!!! After my fingers were completely red and I was full, we picked more strawberries to take home. The strawberries there were red all the way to the middle and extremely juicy. It was probably the best strawberries I ever had. After paying, we departed for home. We rode our bikes for another long time : D. Right before the house we stopped at some little kids playing baseball. They just finished practice and my host mom called them over. I introduced myself and some were shy and ran away and some introduced themselves to me. It was funny because one of the kids took off his hat and wanted me to try it on. I put it on and they said "KAKOIII!" which means COOL! One of the kids pointed at my shoes and thought they were cool, while the others all tried to stand on there tip toes to see if they could be as tall as me. After they all left, my host mom and I went home. I asked her why one of the kids wanted me to put the baseball hat on and she said because they thought an American with their hat on was cool. I laughed. I had curry with meat and veggies for dinner. It was very good. It was a super exciting day for me.