carrying on from where i left off.....

(make sure you read the before post too kids!!!!)

...the bus ride. oh, the bus ride.
upon first inspection, it was lovely and spacious.

then the guy infront of me said, 'im just going to put the seat down a bit' (in japanese ofcourse)
except a little is a LIE. his seat went a meter back, into my knees. infact. 30cm into my knee space. so i ended up stradling his chair for the 6hours of sleep time. damnit.

arrived at nagoya station at 5.30 am.
and made our way to higashiyama koen station, which is where the people we are staying with live.
we arrived. it was liams bday the night before, so they were all hungover sleeping.
we joined the sleeping club. as we had had very little sleep over the past few nights.

woke up. went to the 'supermarket' (except we couldnt actually find the supermarket so we went to some convenient stores and a grocer).
had an extremely late lunch consisting of fruit, yoghurt and poached eggs.

we cooked a delicious pasta for dinner. and went and got icecream for dessert.
wooooo.
we also had some sakura chu-hi (only available during spring time).

the next day we had a pretty lazy morning. which was great.
(liam made an amazing omlette)
then we went to sakae to meet up with the three people from sanosaka who live in nagoya.
hiromis room mate megu. my room mate yuki. and nono.
everyone arrived at various times so while we waited, we went to a place called bagel and bagel.

(they need this in new zealand)

we went for a stroll to a different district. and went to a temple. ate mexican food and curly fries. we went on the ferris wheel.

yuki and megu parted ways. nono, hiromi and i went to fujigaoka. nono took us to a place called fu-zi. it was fun! so fun. i had an amazing pumpkin cheese baked thing.

we ordered eachothers drinks. and got them pretty spot on. concidering we all have different tastes.

we kept the evening alive with very interesting conversational topics.
that i wouldnt have expected from nono.

i guess people change once they leave sanosaka.

we then went to a place called gara. and it was so cool in there. the atmosphere was amazing. amazing. like actually.
athough we did get waaay over charged it was a-ok.

we parted ways and went home for a lovely sleep.



the next day involved a group trip to a restaurant. hiromi. me. kazuho. liam. beru. and a couple consisting of a french guy and a japanese girl, although, i cant remember their names.
the place was called saizeria. and it was delicious. italian. but real cheap. with drinks bar. (nomihoudai non alcoholic drinks). and i love these places. because i am always keen to pay 3dollars for unlimited juice, melon soda, hot chocolate, tea and coffee.

(soon we will go to a bar, where its all you can drink, for 15dollars for 2hours!!! bring it on i say!!!!!!!)


afterwards, romi went to meet her friend and i went with the others to a famous park. it is spring. this means the sakura trees are in full bloom.
here in japan. they have massive celebrations under the trees. its called hanami. and everyone drinks. and has fun.

i got drunk. and made some new friends.
i think.

i had alot alot alot of sakura chu-hi. mmmmm.

we then went to an izakaya. for more good times.
drunk middle aged men. i dont even think i could describe....

home time called. we went.

and went straight to sleep.



the next day. sunday. a lovely sleep in.
kazuho made a delicious breakfast. and after they left. we also had poached eggs. as i was serverly hungover.


we made our way to the chunichi dragons baseball game!
ive never been to a baseball game before. and it was great. the staduim was HUGE.
the number of tigers fans (the opposition) well outnumbered the amount of dragons fans.


we got dragons shirts. so we were right into it.

we also won.

although won is a slight exaggeration.
we crushed.


i have adopted nagoya as my new home. and i will for ever be a chunichi dragons supporter.


afterwards we went to the department store and i had a crepe. romi had a sundae.
deliciousness.


we made our way to nagoya station, where we were meeting romis friend sayoko. she is heaps cute!!!! she took us to an AMAZING izakaya called daibutsukorokoro. seriously amazing. all the rooms were different. and they were all hidden. and it was like a maze.
the staff however, were not so bright.

i asked if the omuraisu had meat or fish in it. she said no. so i said, one of those please!
she comes back with it, and it has bacon in it. i say, i just asked if it has meat in it. she goes away, comes back and says, i didnt think bacon was meat.

how stupid can you be??


romis other friend amid came.

we left. went home. and watched sherlock holmes.


today, we woke up. again had a lazy morning. i wasnt allowed to eat breakfast really. because we went to a cake tabehoudai (all you can eat cake).
it was AMAZING. all you can eat cake for 20$. for 70mins.
also all you can eat pasta, soft serve. all you can drink non alcoholic beverages.

AMAZING.
i have never felt so sick from eating cake in my life. up until today.

i must go back. although 8hours later i still feel this isnt possible. but still excited.

we went with megu and sayoko.
we also went to the loft. and uniqlo.

our failed attempt to find purikura, saw us on the streets doing self timer shots.

we said good bye to megu.
sayoko joins us home for dinner.
romi and i cook everyone thai curry.
so delicious. so so so. i also made a salad. with avocado AND feta.

oh, the joys.

now liams friend is here telling stories of his job.


he also asked if i was doing some serious hacking, as i have been on here writing for a long long time.
i explain to him that i am trying to write down everything before i forget. his response was me missing out on memories right now.
this is lies.



within the times of all this happening. i may or maynot have been invited to on a trip back to hakuba!

i also saw photos from hannahs 21st!! and i was included. and it made me so super happy. tears in the eyes happy.


i hope you had an amazing birthday celebration hannah!! im so gutted i couldnt ACTUALLY be there. but it looks like HEAPS of fun. (and i hope your freezing a slice of that cake for me!!!!). and and and you looked so so seeeexy!!!

SO SEXY.



tonight i sleep. i sleep.


soon i sleep. wheeeeee.e.