May 7-8: travel days

Sorry it took so long to actually start this blog. If this post seems odd, it`s because I started it the night I arrived, but didn`t get to posting it until now...Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy it. :)

They said we could use the computer labs on campus, but I have yet to see them and I don't have a log in, either. But that's ok. I didn't stay on campus with the rest of the group. I found out I would be with Morio and his family the whole time. I was really excited to have so much time with him and with a Japanese family!

The plane ride over here was long. I mean, torturously long. Nothing can prepare you for the feeling you get when you`re in a tin can thousands of miles in the air, trapped for hours with strangers. Except for the one to come home, I hope to never be on a plane ride that long again. Torture, I tell you!! But if that`s what it takes to have some adventures in Japan, well then, I`ll have to deal with it. Morio & Yumiko picked us up at the airport in Tokyo and we brought us to Yokohama. By the time we arrived in Yokohama, we were so exhausted we didn`t care it was too early to sleep.They dragged us to dinner at Denny's which is NOTHING like the Denny's at home. I had Ramen because it was safe and I wasn't hungry...

  

My room here is interesting...it's a loft...a REALLY high one...which is great for those of us terrified of heights. Oh well. I have to sleep somewhere! I managed to climb up the 12 step ladder, sleep, and come back down without a panic attack, so I guess we`ll be good.

There is another student from UPB staying here. Nick has been here for a month now, so I'm hoping to learn a lot from him.

We are touring Yokohama bay area today and then having a welcome party/dinner. I'm glad we'll be really busy for the next two weeks so I won't have a lot of time to miss home.