Hello again (after a ridiculously long break)!

Since you heard from me last I have moved to the fantastic country called Japan.

We started our journey on Monday and when I said goodbye to my family I realized we were the only ones not crying. Does that make us a cold hearted family or just worldly? (We have so much family everywhere in the world that we regularly keep in touch with anyway, now we just add one more.) I took a later flight than Johanna and Sofia and arrived at Stockholm, Arlanda 30 minutes after them. After a meal and some tax-free shopping (I bought a perfume that smells delicious!) we grabbed our next flight to Frankfurt that I completely slept through. There we got lost. Not funny.

On our third flight to Shanghai, we made ourselves comfortable for an 11 hour trip. Again, not funny. The airport was big. Really, really big. But pretty.

After some time and snacks we were finally ready for are fourth and final flight. And then, we landed on Japanese soil. Osaka. The first thing we saw was a giant sign with the text:

Welcome to Japan. Panasonic, Ideas for life.

Really?

There we came across some annoying troubles. We had no way of getting away from the airport. The ride we were supposed to have couldn't come. *Insert every swearword, in every language you know*

We asked around and realized just how expensive a taxi would be. In the end we managed to take a bus and after about an hour we arrived somewhere. The hotel we were staying at was close but our bags were heavy and we were so tired so we decided to take a taxi. Except the drivers refused to help us. Damn them. So we started walking. I say, if you are wondering whether to buy a suitcase with two or four wheels, go with four! They are a lifesaver. You don't have to drag, just push. The hotel was pretty, nice, comfortable and cheap. A perfect combination. (We are unfortunately forced to go back, 'cus I forgot some stuff.)

After some well-deserved sleep we wandered away to try and find our way to Kyoto city. Long trip short, we made it. We now had to get to the office of our real-estate agent. Again we made it. Signed some contracts and then got driven to our new apartment. After a while we went out sightseeing. We found our school and it was huge! We found a 100 yen store, an arcade hall and a manga café with free Wi-Fi. Where we are currently sitting in, writhing. The woman working here doesn’t speak any English but Johanna managed to show some Japanese skills to get some information.

We then went to the supermarket to get some dinner and the supermarket was in a shopping mall type of building so while there we decided to check the rest out. There were so much stuff my eyes were crossing and whenever I turned everything got blurry and it took about 6-7 seconds before my eyes focused. It got so bad at some point I honestly had to grab Johanna’s arm to not fall over. (I remember wondering if this was how it felt if you needed glasses.)

Unfortunately since our apartment has no furniture (we didn't have time to buy any) we had to sleep on the floor. I was fine and out like a light in about 5 seconds of lying down but from the complaints I think my friends had a bit of a harder time. :D

I woke up about four in the morning wide awake and decided to start unpacking which Johanna and Sofia did when I was snoozing away last night. Apparently they were really loud, banging everything around. When I sleep, I sleep like the dead. Then Johanna woke and we decided to go on a walk. Half way back home I started getting so hungry, so we stopped at a convenient store and I finally got to taste a true Japanese "nikuman". It's like a boiled ball of dough with a meaty center. It was delicious!

Today we are gonna do a bunch of boring stuff, but tomorrow we are going back to Osaka and just enjoy ourselves (and get my stuff back from the hotel).

Talk to you soon.