Archive for January, 2009

Daruma Festival in Maebashi.

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

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I wonder how I can take this home!

Daruma's ready for burning.

Daruma ready for burning.

The next day at a local park, after a short ceremony local people are invited to help start the

fire to burn the Daruma from last year having purchased new ones the night before.

Children cooking food in the flames.

Children cooking food in the flames.

To see the fire watch this movie below.

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The Great British Pub

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Susy and Anil

Susy and Anil

During a Christmas  holiday  in the UK, Anil and Susy took us for lunch to a little Pub near Warwick called The Boot Inn. Good food with good friends, it doesn’t get much better than that. 

Inside The Boot Inn, Lapworth, Warwick.

Inside The Boot Inn, Lapworth, Warwick.

We had starters of pumpkin soup and a tasty, warm blue cheese quiche, followed by roast duck leg or roast pork with apple sauce and mashed potato on a bed of local green cabbage. We were so full, we couldn’t manage dessert!

 

Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

Warm blue cheese quiche.

Warm blue cheese quiche.

 

Roast duck leg and breast with potato.

Roast duck leg and breast with potato.

Roast pork with apple sauce and black pudding

Roast pork with apple sauce and black pudding