It's a parade!

Anyone that knows me should know that my sense of direction is non-existent. I'm talking it is so bad that when I was a new driver, a friend and I were going to Red Lobster and ended up on the Naval Weapons Station. That being said, for some reason Greg trusted me to try to find the place where they harvest sea salt. I drove past this place 1 time when Stacy and I were exploring so I thought I had an idea of where it was. Wrong. We drove around so much last weekend and Greg was not in the mood to repeat it. So we gave up, and on the way trying to find our way out of wherever we were... WE FOUND IT!!! It had a place where you could make pottery, blow glass, and take a tour of how they harvest salt. We didn't do any of that, but I did buy some salt! Does that count for anything? Next we visited the Yomitan Pottery Village. We were able to walk around to different buildings that displayed different pottery items and glassware. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun to just explore. Brady found a puppy behind one of the buildings, so we played with him for a little while. Saturday afternoon we just took care of some errands. Sunday morning I went to the grocery store (with Greg of course because I'm dangerous in the grocery store and can't go by myself). This is only the second time I have been since we have been here. Finally we were off to Nago for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Every source we had consulted instructed us to go to Nakijin Castle for the festival. There were very pretty views and beautiful cherry blossom trees, but no festival. Inside a building tucked in a corner of the grounds a stage was set up for some performances. The Internet said there was supposed to be a parade, but there was no parade in sight. We thought maybe the parade was the performances inside the building. We are in a different country after all. Disappointed we left and drove in to the central part of Nago. As we were driving I told Greg it seemed like there were a lot of people gathered 1 road over from where we were. It was a PARADE!! We found the real festival. The parade was awesome. All kinds of performances, including some men in drag. It would have been better if we knew what they were saying! Vendors were set up with all kinds of food and games. It was a good time. Monday morning we were up bright and early to attend a Superbowl party at Greg's office at 7:30 am. That's right I said 7:30 AM. It was o.k., but we don't watch pro football and Brady kept trying to get inside the evidence storage room. Greg is off early today so I'm not sure what this afternoon holds, but hopefully it will be entertaining!