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Letters Home - Japan - Day 2
Letters Home – Japan – 2012
Day 2
It is a rainy Sunday morning in Hikone, Japan. Victor is trying to squeeze 9 months of dorm life into a few suitcases, and say goodbye to classmates to whom he has become close. Very emotional day for him on many levels. He'll check in here around noon and we’ll explore. I’m showered and wearing a bathrobe more suited to a small Japanese man, and ...
Letters Home-Japan-Day 1
Letters Home – Japan – 2012
Day 1
There is nothing quite like a 13 hour flight. Three meals were served and all the free beer I wanted to drink. Alas, the food tasted like airline food, but the Japanese beer was cold. The only issue was that 3 different flight attendants slammed my window shade shut, without explanation. I'd requested a window seat for a reason. ...
Road Trip!
... br> What we saw of Hikone town was beautiful and the small castle had a wonderful outlook over Biwa Lake. For lunch we had a whole grilled fish, on Catherine's request and finished it off with some green tea ice cream! Totally satisfied, we jumped in the car and went on our way back to Izu; 5 hours later, we arrived, hungry and ...
Japan Birdman Rally 2011
... there was a massive storm in the middle of the competition that lasted about an hour. Weird summer here. Shame we couldnt go tomorrow the distance record is apparently 28km but god knows how. Stayed there all day then just been to get tickets for the Japan West DMC heats tomorrow in Osaka. Cant wait i couldnt really come to japan and not see some sick beat juggling. Gonna try and do a mass photo upload tomorrow aswell cuz not uploaded anything for ...
Mihama wa doko?
... is making my mother one now. She says hambun, mada hambun, I think she will have it done before I leave.
To my surprise when I stop by Meri-chan is standing. She told me yesterday, she is grateful to still be able to stand and go to the toilet, the obutsudan and the table to eat. It’s lunch time, Aki-san invites me to stay for lunch.
Tadaima, Kiyokazu has the day off, he says let’s go for a drive. We always go to ...