Beckteria

Tokyo Arrival

Well, everyone, I made it to Japan. I’m alive, but apparently there was an earthquake here. I know nothing more than that at this point in time—simply because I’ve been awake for about 24 hours.

Saturday July 23, 2005
6 am wake up
8 am leave for O’Hare
11 am depart for Narita
Sunday July 24, 2005
12 am (Tokyo time Sunday 2 pm) arrive
2-3:30 pm customs, crap, get on bus
5 pm arrive in Shinjuku (Tokyo)
7 pm eat ramen
8:15 pm (now) check e-mail and write blog

It’s been a long day. I did catch a couple of winks on the plane, but not really. My neck is stiff and sore. I drank a mini bottle of wine on the plane and that helped relax my muscles quite a bit.

I’ve spent the last 48 hours meeting a ton of new people also on the JET program. I guess that there were 200 people from the Chicago embassy—one of the largest groups out of the U.S. I’m trying to remember names—not easy when everyone is new and I’m tired as hell. (But, I don’t want to go to bed too early. I hate jet lag.)

A lot of information was given to us. I can’t process a damn thing right now. I’m probably going to pass out soon.

posted by Bex @ 10:24 AM