Blogs from Chiba, Japan, Asia - page 5

Vandaag aangekomen!!!!!!!! leek wel of ik uit een ruimtship stapte hier toen mn vingerafdrukken werden afgenomen en ik briefje in mn hand kreeg met 'to alien entering japan' hallo planeet wendy　zoekt contact met　japan ik kom in vrede Ｈｅｂｂｅｎ al zo veel mensen me geholpen hier!! de hele wijk hield zich er mee bezig. ik had natuurlijk geen flauw idee waar ik naartoe moest. maar met door buurt gedoneerde kaart en persoonlijke gids　die af en toe iets in het japans brabbelde is het goed gekomen. nu zit ik dus in het guesthouse, is toch iets minder huiselijk dan ik dacht. zacht uitgedrukteen kraakpand is er niks bij.......koud!!!!!! en vies!!!!!!!!! haha tis wel warmer hier dan in NL, kan zonder jas naar buiten dat scheelt... dachtdat vandaag het rijsttijdperk inging maar heb toch paella gegeten aardige eigenaar trouwens! ... read more

Wo fang ich an??? Also wir haben gestern Vormittag unser letztes Training auf der IBU absolviert. Bei dem Training hab ich 45 min angestanden um mit Ijima Sensei zu kaempfen, aber daraus wurde irgendwie nichts. Dafuer hat uns danach Makita Sensei zum Essen eingeladen und ich hab ein Staminadon gegessen und noch andere Dinge, also war ich wirklich ueberfressen. Das lustige war, dass die Sensen als er fertig war einfach aufstand, zahlte und ging ohne etwas zu sagen. Spinner!!! Anschliessend haben wir in der Gemeinsc'haftshalle Tischtennis gespielt, da wir noch ein wenig Zeit hatten bevor wir nach Kamigawa zu Kumakiri Sensei fuhren. Davor trat das erste Problem auf. In Japan wuerde eine Zugreise von knapp 500 km ca. 200 Euro kosten. Phil und ich haben uns entschieden nicht nach KZoto zu fahren, aber wir wollen nicht ... read more

Hello to my new Blog! No new photos yet... will take some later. Thanks to Hiromi who introduced this blog to me. It's great. I have been in Japan for a month now and so far everything has been good. No worries.... read more

So how has the first 24 hours in Japan been so far? A bit like being the ball in a giant pin-ball machine. Bouncing around from here to there amidst bright lights and lots of sound. After a mind numbing 17 hours on airplanes, Kaori's father met us at the airport to take us to their home. After having been awake for over 24 hours, we should have felt it but I think both of our brains were abuzz with finally being here, me especially. The home Kaori grew up in is down a rabbit warren of tiny lanes in the neighborhood of Narashino in Chiba Prefecture. It's warm and smells of incense burned by Kaori's mother and wouldn't be out of place in the U.S. if it weren't for the tatami matted room containing Kaori's ... read more

Our flight out of Winnipeg was quite ordinary. Thanks to my Dad, we arrived at YWG only to have to wait in one of the longest lines I have ever seen at the Winnipeg Airport. Over 300 people, waiting to go through security in Winnipeg. It appears that everyone had flights leaving at 8:00. The start of the Friday 13th curse. With the line seeming to move backwards at times, what better way to pass our time then people watch. And where better than in a stress inducing line up. I love putting a story to everyone I see and we were quickly treated to some pretty "interesting" people. Airports have several different types of travelers. We quickly were able to point out the seasoned travelers. They always seem so zen like as they never rush ... read more