Teriake Burger please~!

Finally back in Mishima! Tokyo was fun and all, but I did miss the slower pace in Mishima. I did do a little shopping, but it was definitely not enough. Need to shop more!

Anyway, before I get to the Tokyo trip, I'm going to stick to my plan and write about everything that comes before Tokyo first.

So, sensei brought the class to Numazu, Shizuoka. It is basically the next town over from Mishima. We didn't stay there for too long. We had lunch there and looked around.

That's the train we took to Numazu.

Tickets to Numazu and back to Mishima. I wish I can keep one, but you have to put it into the machine when you get out at your destination. Japan's train system is similar to HK. You can either buy tickets, or you can charge it on a card. You can leave the card in your wallet, and all you have to do is to take out your wallet and place it onto of the gate. You'll be charged a different price depending on the distance.

So if you have one of those cards, you just place it right on top of the little booth things you see up there. When you run out of money, all you have to do is go to the nearest station and add some cash onto your card. Super simple.

Sam being adorkable.

Louis and Nina.

Train ride to Mishima. The trains are pretty nice right?

Arrived at Numazu. This is one of the streets for shopping. Lots of shops. Lunch first though.

McDonald's~! They are nothing like the ones back in NY. First off, they are a cheaper. Second, prices are all the same no matter which store you go to. You can go o the one in Tokyo, or the one in Mishima, prices will be the same. The clerks actually serve you if you decided to get seats first. They will bring the food to you.

I got a Teriyaki burger! It was really good.

I also got a Bacon Potato Pie. It was really good too.
After that, we went to Mister Donut. Sort of like the Dunkin Donuts in NY, but 10,000x better.

Sam and Chris had a donut eating contest! Sam 4, Chris 3.

My wonderful donut. It was SO GOOD!
At the bottom of the hill which I pass by to and from school every morning and afternoon.

Walking up the hill back to the house.
Lion-san would like some orange juice too I think.

Things I got while I was at Numazu. Lion-san (he's one of the mascots of Mister Donut. I couldn't resiste getting him. His donut/fur is detachable.) Little anime toys for friends and A.

One of the rare sightings of Mt. Fuji. This was taken during sunset I believe.

Got home that night and watched Lady Gaga on Music station.

That was my day at Numazu. Hopefully I'll finish the rest of week 1 and also week 2 by the end of this week, so I can write about my trip to Tokyo. I'm still so exhausted from the trip!! I've already finished half of the study abroad program here. Only 2 more weeks! Crazy!

Oh yea, I just got dissed by my host dad. He was saying how my english is easy to understand. Okay, great! Then, he said that my Japanese is sort of hard to understand, but we can still communicate because I can understand their Japanese. I hope I heard it wrong because he sort of said all that in Japanese.

I have a pretty strange accent, and it is my fault that I didn't study up for this trip, but at least I'm trying! But that was a really big blow to my self-esteem.... *tear* I know I'm not very good at speaking, but he didn't have to tell me I'm hard to understand..... I usually try to speak a bit more Japanese with the TA's that help with the class, but I guess I don't speak as much Japanese with my host parents because I don't want them to misunderstand me. So, that's what got me in this stupid slump. *sadness*

I'm going to try to get some rest and try to retrieve my JPN111 information from my brain.

Maggie out~