ゴールデンウィーク（エンド）
May 2nd, 2006so the way golden week is on the calendar means the amount of holidays each year varies significantly. without going into detail, we ended up with only 2 days off out of the possible 5. i guess its nothing to cry over, but i do feel a bit cheated :p.
that said, we have no real plans. the general idea behind golden week is that being the only official consecutive work-free days of the year, the whole of japan decides to go ’round the mulberry bush, causing awful traffic on both the roads and public transport. as expected, all tourist destinations are also the target of screaming kids and their parents.
my host family is going away tomorrow at 6am to avoid this rush. they tried to find a hotel to stay in starting about 2 weeks ago. they found nothing. so with no accommodation, who knows if they will actually be able to stay overnight.. yet they are still going. my mum called it a “mystery tour”. lol.
i took a few pictures in japanese classes this week which amused me.
daniel points out how insignificant our home city is. and also if you look close, you can notice how much the coastline has been eroded by the ocean.. i’m surprised i haven’t heard about that on the news…
王さまと結婚するなんて、想像もしなかった！
Heyyy peppy!
Good to see that in amongst all your fierce cultural experience you still have time to blog! LOL at the pic of Australia! That Daniel seems pretty dense … he could have at least added SOME detail. What an Australian shame. Anyways will catchya later!