Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye is never easy. This time I felt it was harder than ever before.
I had an absolute blast in Japan and met some of the craziest and greatest people I know. From climbing Mount Fuji, random statues in a zoo, popping into downtown Tokyo, going to a baseball game (still trying to understand the rules), or travelling all the way to Nikko, these people accompanied me on my adventures.
 I sure am going to miss everything.
So...what exactly did I do since I last wrote in my blog (which was ages ago, I know).
Well, I visited Tokyo a number of times, in the end more to hang out that anything. I got lost countless times on the train (yes I was that foreigner) and though I could ask for directions in Japanese, understanding the instructions wasn't always as easy.

I also ended up going to the same zoo twice because it was just that fun. Korea town was another place I ended up going to again. It was super fun and the food was delicious as always.Nikko was interesting in it's own way. Ever tried sitting in a hot spring of water containing sulfur while wearing your rings? My advise, don't do it. I found out first hand what happens when my lovely silver ring turned black. I must admit, I panicked before skyping my dad who gave me a simple remedy. Who knew that putting aluminium foil in hot water and then plopping your ring on top would return it to silver?

 I also got to meet up with my cousin a couple of times as well which was fun. It was certainly interesting speaking German again and we had a blast together.
Oh, oh! I also got sick! Why the excitement? Because I finally got to wear a mask! And...well it wasn't as fun as I imagined. After wearing it for two days I got tired of breathing in my own sickness and decided to say a solemn goodbye to masks of any kind that cover your mouth and nose when you're sick (right...let's see how long that lasts).
Wow, now that I think about it, there are so many things I did and yet I can't recall all of them (and if I were to write then all down I'm sure I would bore some of you).
Let's just leave it at "Japan was a blast and I'm definitely going back one day".
As much as I'm going to miss it in the mean time it's time to move on to the next step; going back to Judson and studying so that I can hopefully graduate in 2015. But before that, first it's time to spend Christmas in Germany with half of my family.
Did I ever mention that I tend to always be on the go? ;)