Blogs from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America - page 23

I have lotsa pictures!!! http://jetsetseattle.zoto.com/galleries Ok. That’s that. I’m not gonna pull a bunch of emo bull in my last entry (sorry Jordan) but rather just finish it off. This part of the Toyko trip is over for now. I know I’ll be going back to Japan, so I guess it’s just a matter of when. Japanese is my major, after all. If there was some super huge life lesson that I am to get out of this whole experience, I haven’t got it yet. Reading the emails from all of the kids struggling to used to life back in the states again makes me feel that I didn’t do something right, or am not doing something right here at home. But fuck that! Really, I did NOTHING by the study abroad handbook and I wouldn’t ... read more

im not a good writer, im hoping ill get better as i go. to the three people, if that, who read this...ill fill in the begining of the trip as i go. so, where to start... two maybe three months...four? months ago i left my home, my dog. got in my car and started driving. in the past eight years i hadnt driven longer than 2 hours at a time...i didnt think it was possible. the reason sits around a bullshit tale, car accident fucks young mans future. i decided to take off at a bad time, or maybe it was just the right time... my health insurance provider decided to fuck me good, in order to keep getting coverage i had to go off my meds. it makes sense, i mean what do i need ... read more

Hi everyone, Well...we think we have enough money to make it four weeks in Europe, but I guess we will find out when we get there! We are having our graduation party today since both of us just graduated and it will be nice to see family and friends before we take off. Our next entry will be from Europe, so we will say goodbye for now. Matt and Nicole... read more

Hello all. Sorry for the serious lapse of travelblog writing. Since the last entry, we've criss-crossed throughout the upper Midwest, drove through the Dakotas, and worked our way south to the brink of the Southwest. For your sanity and mine, I'll keep focused on the upper Midwest: a land of great friends, stout beer, big cities and small country towns. After crossing the US-Canada border into Detroit, we made our way past 8 mile to about 14 mile where we met up with Pat and Maria in their community of Birmingham. The small village filled with high-end stores and nice pubs was different from what we expected from Detroit, but we were both happy to see that there ARE areas still thriving despite the automobile company failures. After spending some time catching up and BBQing homemade ... read more

Well here I am sitting in my room after four months at home, finishing up last minute stuff before I get on a plane for Tokyo in 12 hours or so. I'm not really that nervous--I'm just thinking a lot about getting back into the swing of things with school and getting along with everyone in Japan. It's weird, but I've wanted to go to Japan since I was about 6 or so. In elementary school I would always sneak around the foreign countries section (acually, just about a dozen picture books) and look at the Japan book. That and the book that taught you how to build paper airplanes. Anyway, it's been a fun last few months. I look forward to sharing some really odd things with everyone when I get back.... read more