Wisteria and then some
Wisteria and then some Last year, a friend was saying that she wanted to go to the Ashikaga Flower Park to see the 150-year-old wisteria. When I saw that my wisteria started to bloom, I sent her a message asking if she'd like to go. She suggested to go on a weekday to avoid the crowds, so I took a day off on Wednesday. She came to pick me up at the station and off we went. She was telling me how the navigation system in her car is old so some of the new roads might not be shown, so I opened up Google Maps on my phone as a backup. When I first plugged in the destination, the app was telling me that it'll take almost 4 hours. We were both like, wait, is traffic that bad? Then I remembered that I have my map set to avoid toll roads. Changed the settings, and then the map said it'll take 2 hours. Whew! Crisis averted. LOL Now the thing with Google Maps is that it'll give you the shortest/fastest route, which means it can lead you through the narrow back roads and fields. Th...
