I am staying at the University of California at Berkeley, which is right across the bay from San Francisco. There are about 100 of us here, and the students are from all over the United States. One of my roommates is from Connecticut. I am one of the youngest students in the program, and most of the other kids are going to be seniors.
We are learning "Survival Japanese" so we can speak and understand some important basic language. We are also very busy all day learning all sorts of things about the Japanese culture. It's been a lot of fun.
We all leave for Tokyo, Japan tomorrow at about 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. It will be an 12-hour flight.
I have limited computer access here in California, so hopefully I will be able to write more from my hotel in Tokyo. I'll be in Tokyo two days going through more orientation. I will be excited to meet the Tomita family when I finally arrive in Okinawa.
Lando, I will be living vicariously through you and your blog... Have fun buddy!
ReplyDeleteLandon love the blog--pictures and all. Hope you were able to sleep on the long flight
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