<strong>"So wher did you learn Portugues zen, Takaeda-san?"</strong>I asked in my broken Japanese. A real man only calls the plumber when the kitchen is completely flooded!<br/><br/>As I followed Katrania and the group, I made sure I read the signs as I walked past them, although with some difficulty.<em>Hmmmm, donkey rollerskating over speed bumps, three ice cream cones sticking out of a top hat, man swimming in a pool of sugarlumps... ahh, that must be the dormitory then, </em>I mused.<br/><br/>With a grin I added:<strong>"Your leettle friend looked terriefied when she sãow us, did you man-age  to calm her dãon? Wuere you laidies even wuarned we wuere coming?"</strong>