For the final stop on our trip, we stopped by Kyoto/Otsu to stay with another friend from Nashville, Mikayla, and also to see the Rene Magritte exhibit at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art! While staying with Mikayla, we joined up with a few of her nearby friends and ate
Month: September 2015
Silver Week Day 2 & 3: Osaka!
For the next stop on our Silver Week adventure, we took a train to Osaka and met up with some “old” friends from the Nashville consulate! We had all gotten really close during US and Tokyo Orientation, so it was wonderful to see some of them that night. We had
Silver Week Day 1: We found Kume-Dera Temple!
I’ll be honest: for our first day of Silver Week we rested. Josh wasn’t feeling too well and I was pretty exhausted myself from the last two weeks. We slept in and I got to Skype some family back home for the first time since I got here- I also
First two weeks of Teaching & The Tennessee Waltz
Tomorrow will mark my first two weeks of teaching! It’s been a whirlwind of new experiences. I’ve been giving my self-introduction lesson to the first and second year students (sophomores and juniors) and it’s been a bit of a mixed bag with each class. The first years are definitely more
The School Culture Festival Episode
My school just finished their culture festival this past weekend. I was blown away by the performances. I don’t think I was nearly that talented in high school! I gave a speech in front of 1,000 students in English and Japanese, and was surprised with a bouquet of flowers