Life's Lessons

So, it turns out that gelato from Polar Bear in Tatemachi in Hiroshima is a great idea. Stunning amount of fresh gelato in the cup or cone of your choice in many delicious flavours.

What, it turns out, is not a good idea, but rather a bloody terrible idea of titanic proportions, is thinking that you will be absolutely fine just nipping out of the shop and 200m along the road back to your car before you eat it. In 35 degree heat.
Instead of taking the rather (with hindsight) obvious choice of staying where you are & eating it in the nicely air conditioned ice cream parlour.
The ice cream itself is part of the greater conspiracy, because it doesn't start to melt and drip all over the road in earnest until you are just about half way there, and past the point of no return, lulling you into a false sense of security; and then the melting speed doubles in an instant, so you have absolutely no way of avoiding complete meltdown before you reach a cool area.

So what happens then is 3 large pools of sweet sticky milk on the pavement, at the end of a trail of splotches showing the route to the gelato shop, minus the amount that ran all down your clothes and limbs. And what happens then is scandalized Ji-chans and Ba-chans looking at you as if you were standing there with a banner saying "I eat babies".

Oh well, once again, best laid plans ...,,,