I heart Japan

I am writing my first post from my apartment!! YAYYY I finally have the internet! They sent me the modem and activated the service on Wednesday, and I set everything up all by myself and got it up and running! I'm so excited! Except now I waste a lot of time online. Haha.

This will be quick because I have to shower and iron my pants for tomorrow, but I just wanted to put this link to my first set of uploaded pictures out there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13818753@N04/. It should be accessible to anyone. I've posted my favorite pics so far; take a look and I hope you enjoy them!

Here's one of my absolute favorites, just for starters (it's from outside Kenrokuen Gardens in Kanazawa; there was a festival going on):



I'll write a long post this weekend about my AMAZING visit to Tokyo and Yokohama last weekend-- SO much fun!! Some of the pics are from that trip, so maybe some of you can get a sneak peak if you take a look now. Also, tomorrow is Takaoka Minami's School Festival, meaning no classes, and all fun and games! The kids have been preparing like crazy, decking out their classrooms, cooking food, practicing music and drama pieces, etc. It's going to be awesome! I'll be taking a ton of pictures for sure, so look for a second installation of pics on the flickr website coming soon.

Til later this weekend (another three-day weekend, yay!),
Mandy