Konichiwa: From Duski to Dawn

Sarah A. (open mic night) .........Sarah A. , me, Stephanie........ Sara, Bonnie, David, Leslie

Out for Sarah A.'s Birthday! ...........Tom, Matt and Kyle ..................Sarah, ?? and Steph

We were planning on going to Seoul, Korea at the end of December but we decided on Hokkaido instead. (The VERY COLD northern part of Japan) We figured we may as well explore all of Japan while we're here. We have about 10 days off work so we are going from Dec. 27-Jan.1st. It's going to be me, Sarah, Sara, David, Leslie and Amy. We got our flight and hotel rooms for about $400 for all 5 nights..not too shabby. I can't wait to play in the snow!! :)
Sarah and I went on the army base last week and got some clothes and things (a real pillow!) we needed for our apartment, i'm so sad that her military id expires next month! haha. Thanksgiving was fun, very international! It was Sarah A.(England), Reanna (England), Steph (England), Davy (New Zealand), Peter (Sweden), 2 Japanese guys and me and Sarah L. We went to a Japanese restaurant and just shared a bunch of things then split the bill, it was a lot of fun, but wierd not being home with the family.

Our Very International Thanksgiving day Feast :)

This past "weekend" (monday and tuesday) was fun. Sarah and I met up with Davy and Wada for dinner after work on Sunday. Wada took us to the Imperial Hotel for tea and a nice dinner. The next day Wada took Sarah and I to "The Yushukan at Yasukuni Jinjya" It's a shrine and Japan's oldest museum (founded in 1882). It was a history museum featuring all the war heroes and momentos. After the museum Wada took us to lunch then I had to get home to get ready for dinner #2! Matt, a British guy that I met last week, took me out to dinner.

The next day Sarah and I had a double date with 2 Japanese guys who could speak a little English, haha, interesting but very fun night! They took us to dinner then we went and took pictures in a photo booth, everyone is obsessed with those here!!

I had kids training this week, so i finally get to actually work with kids! I'll let you know how that goes...sorry this is such a short update but i have to eat dinner! xoxo

Out with people from work for the welcome party! :)