CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO! It made me so excited to go to Kansai Gaidai. This guy documented his entire trip and edited it wonderfully!
Sorry everyone for being the worst blogger ever!
I have been extremely busy, and life has been crushing me with never ending stress! So let me give y'all a quick overview of what my life has been like for the last couple months...
so I've been working over 40 hours a week at the hell hole I call Starbucks, going into overtime is awesome and everything, and I'm not gonna complain about the paychecks, but I'm also leaving the country for a year and I've barely been home to see my family and friends. PLUS I still am dealing with paperwork, summer classes, and trying to find my plane ticket. Lets just say a lots been going on.
Overall the paperwork hasn't been too brutal, the worst part is dealing with what I like to call the "prep" work to leave.
I have to land at Kansai International Airport (KIX) on either August 23, 24, or 26 between 9am-5pm..... it turns out that all the flights that leave Charlotte land after 6pm. It turns out that I'm going to have to leave the 21st and get a hotel the night of the 22nd to get picked up at 9am the next morning. Thankfully the hotel is connected to the airport, which will make my life 2000x easier.
on another note... I've been planning some big trips that I want to take! I am planning on seeing Hokkaido (northern Japan) which is expensive. I've been looking at this ferry that leaves from Osaka and takes you to Sapporo, Hokkaido, It looks around $120 one-way, plus I would have to pay $30 a night for a hostel in Sapporo. My other option is visiting Seoul, Korea, which is very tempting and about the same price as Hokkaido... so I'm very torn between the two.
I also joined a Kansai Gaidai facebook page and have already connected with different students that I will get the opportunity to study with! It's cool that there are tons of people going from all over the world, and I cant wait to meet people from all over the world.
Well hopefully I will get time to write a post as I am packing and preparing everything for my trip!
