What's been going on.....

The Organic Cafe that I have NOT visited yet.  But apparently the fresh ginger ale and breads are unreal!

Yomitan Pottery Village.  This is what I was very excited for - rightfully so.  The pottery is beautifully done and I was able to scope out what I really wanted to spend the money on.  There are some things that are reasonable, but others that are super pricey.  I told Tony I was going to get the nice(r) things, but just fewer of them!  

Loved the mugs on the upper right.  $25/mug

there were about 5 of these types of buildings all in a small village...

FUN!!!!!

a different view from the first picture

where it all happens

There was also a glass making part of the village that was really neat to see.  This is what I would call a homemade gym they must use on their breaks :)

sorry this picture is small and the following ones....

If you look closely, you can see a guy working in there.  Man, that must be hot!

All the glass they are using!

The shop

This is beautiful church just down the road from our house.  I'm almost certain its use is mainly for weddings.  There is a banquet hall on either end of it.  It was breathtaking.  We were able to snorkel just down the beach from this!

Tony spotting out a good spot to snorkel!  This photo has been through an insta-gram filter FYI.  

But this wasn't - the water is so clear!

After a day of shopping for snorkel gear, we were SO psyched to get out on the water!  Apparently we were having a small typhoon... 40mph winds and a fair amount of rain.  It was crazy!  So we went down to the beach anyways -with wine- juuuuust in case we couldn't get in the water.  Which is exactly what we ended up doing.