It was very gloomy all day, with leaden skies that turned to drizzle, then rain just as we arrived at Happoen, the traditional garden twenty minutes' walk from our apartment. Emily was very happy, since Nick bought her her first umbrella on the way there. Naturally, it had a monkey on the handle! I was surprised at how well she managed it; until now I had assumed she couldn't hold one properly and hadn't bothered buying her one.
As on any given Saturday, there were several weddings in full swing there, but we were the only ones braving the rain to stroll in the garden. We sat in the quaint arbour built out over the water and watched the huge, colourful carp lazily swimming under the raindrop ripples.
In the evening, Nick and I went out for dinner, to a local Japanese place we have been to once or twice in the past. We enjoyed some wonderful food and a few glasses of very mellow sake.
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