Wow, oops.
Sorry for not posting for 2 months. It's been a strange couple of months full of ups and downs. I think we are over our honeymoon stage with Korea and now trying to get a handle on the cultural differences in the workplace. Combined with a little bit of sickness, depression has also been an issue. I think that if someone had handed me a ticket home I would have taken it. But not to worry, not to worry! Now it is vacation time. As many of you may or may not know Rob and I are headed off to Japan for 16 days! SWEEET! Check out our itinerary below.
I promise that when we get back we will start blogging once again! We will reveal all: the good, the bad and the Korean. When we get back it will be a new hopefully happier semester, many mistakes/misunderstandings will not be repeated. Cheers!
Konichiwa, bitches Japan, July/August 2008Saturday July 19
-fly from Seoul to Narita, JP
-take the train from Narita into Tokyo
-find a moderately priced hotel/motel/hole in the wall in the Shinjuku-gu(the young hip fashion district of Tokyo)
-chill out and take in the big city lights
Sunday July 20
-take a subway (egod, i'm already terrified) to Harajuku to see the Harajuku girls.
-spend the afternoon exploring the area
-walking tour of Shinjuku-gu
Monday July 21
-hop on a train to Kyoto
-find a cheap hotel (or park bench, or internet cafe)
-go geisha hunting
-explore temples and parks
Tuesday July 22
-marvel in the wonder of Kyoto and all its mystery and tradition
-try not to die from excessive financial expenditure
Wednesday July 23
-open day, get drunk in public, visit with strangers, make an ass of ourselves.
-hop on a train to nearby Osaka for a reunion with fellow University classmate, Natsuko Yoshino
Thursday July 24
-exploration of Osaka and all its glory and beauty...and bars
-look for a cheap hotel (or pc room)
Friday July 25
-look around in wonder, pinch ourselves and remind ourselves that we are really in Japan.
-enjoy our last night in Osaka
Saturday July 26
-hop on a train to Mt. Fuji, meeting other Uni classmate Jon Braden.
-begin at roughly 7pm our ascent to the top of Fuji
Sunday July 27
-at daybreak, arrive at the top of the 3000m volcano for a view that i hope will never forget (providing it's not cloudy, wouldn't that just suck)
-head down, spend the next huge amount of time recovering.
Monday July 28
-visit with Jon in a small village just outside of Tokyo.
Tuesday July 29
-hop on a train to Hiroshima
-arrive, walk to the Peace Park (the true ground zero)
-take in one of the most atrocious acts of the 20th century
Wednesday July 30
-hop on a train back to Tokyo, try not to be consistently and horribly depressed
-check into the swanky and bank-breaking hotel in Atasuku-gu
-explore the area
Thursday July 31
-Pick up the Hillstead family from the airport in Narita
-bring them back to the hotel in Atasuku-gu, and doubtless show them their room so they can crash after their 14 hours of flying.
Friday August 1
-explore Ginza, and area, the downtown core of Tokyo. check out some temples, maybe the fish market, and other things in the area.
Saturday August 2
-last full day in Japan, explore some things i cannot miss
Sunday August 3
-Check out, travel to Narita, wait for our flight
-Fly back to Seoul
-Take a train back to Taebaek
-resume our normal routine in slavery and submission of our jobs :(
this itinerary is subject to complete and abrupt change.
2 comments:
Hang in there, guys! Homesickness is inevitable, as well as the other kind of sickness. Well whatever you guys had, anyway. I can't imagine being so far from home for such an extended length of time, so I can't empathize very well. But I completely admire you guys for it. Yeah I don't have anything wise to say, but do take care, and have fun in Japan! :)
We're having tons of fun this summer, in your honor. Both of you have done tremendously well, being away this long and surviving an unknown world. I had no doubts that out of all of my friends, Rob n Kat would handle living in SKorea the best.
To be honest though, you aren't missing much here. Sasky will always be here and home, but the opportunity to travel and live abroad won't be! Maybe some day you'll have kids and jobs and it won't be so easy to just pick up and move overseas (ergo... Jeremy and I).
Remember, we're living vicariously through you guys ;). So LIVE IT UP.
When/if you come back, we'll regale each other with stories of debauchery. I wanna know what a Noreabong is.
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