Sunday, March 14
We have all arrived safely in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The flights were perfect. Gabrielle managed to sleep almost the entire flight! Last night we had an amazing dinner with several wonderful Rotarian's. Our day will start today with a Welcome Party and our first attempt at our speech! We will also meet the incoming Team from D2780 and the District Governor. Let the amazing adventure begin!
Mt. Fuji
View from thr top of Odawara Castle
Tea Ceramony
On our way to the Ooyama Shrine
Samukawa Jinjya
Samukawa Jinjya
Samukawa Jinjya
Samukawa Jinjya
Samukawa Jinjya
Entrance to Samukawa Jinjya Shrine
World famous Caligraphy artist - he gave us each an orignal and he's a Rotarian!
Happy Bday Tory-san
Gabrielle and Michelle at the Spa
With our host families
Our first Ramen lunch
Beach near Enoshima
Enoshima Island Tower
Enoshima Island
Fernando preparing to enter the shrine at Enoshima
entrance to shrine at Enoshima
The younger girl, Miki, will be coming to our district
Dinner our first night
Hello all! It is Gabrielle, and unfortunately I have not figured out how to sign onto the blog normally, so I will have to post a comment instead! Haha, I have just been clicking away with no avail! It has already been quite a morning. I woke up and decided to print out my speech in Japanese in a larger font (as we have been requested to present in Japanese, exciting!). Well, I have found out that it is harder to explain this request in Japanese than I thought, and two minutes after I called the front desk, I found someone outside holding out a full size printer for me to use! Well, several laughs later, I actually managed to get it to work (after lots of Japanese windows popped up and I clicked away hopefully, I successfully printed). All the while, every now and then this computer sounds somewhat like a plane about to take off, when it got really lound I actually hid in the entryway incase something happened!
ReplyDeleteAfter all that, with a bow and a domo arigatO I returned the printer ⅠHITABUTTONTHATTURNSOFFTHEREGULARENGLIGHLETTERSANDSHOWSONLYJAPANESEANDENGLISHcapitalshgﾙｱｲｳｲhtﾙｲｱｴ SOITGETSABITDIFFICULTTOTYPE. I think that I have figured out how to turn it off, we will see. One great thing this morning I went running through the streets of FUGISAWA. The streets are so quiet and clean. I passed through a neighorhood of small wooded houses connected to the street by a small dirt beaten path. With only cats as copany, it was a great first morning of the trip! I still cannot believe that I am in Japan!
Fabulous Gabrielle- it sounds like a fantastic beginning! I tried to phone you before you left. I look forward to your wonderful descriptions!
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Gabrielle--you have found the best way to meet people by running in a new neighborhood. Just hope you can always find your way back to the hotel! Hi to all of the team and don't forget to thank The Rotary Foundation (TRF) in your presentations. Hugs--Alma
ReplyDeleteDid you guys feel the earthquakes?
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ReplyDeleteI'm sooo excited for you! Your are in Japan already! Enjoy every second of this amazing experience. I look forward to your stories. Say hi to Fernando!
Love,
Jazz
Happy Birthday Tory!! Hope you're having a great time!!
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