Monday, May 27, 2019

Sophia's Day One Notes

Sophia is in Kyoto. I can't believe someone so close to me is so far away right now, but if I think too much about that I will start to cry and instead I'm going to post Sophia's note from day one:

Day One

Got up at 4 Central Time, going to bed at 21:30 Japan time with only like two hours of nap in between (I have been up like 26 hours). Shortish plane ride to SFO was pretty chill. Long plane ride to KIX was considerably less so.

Airplane food is not good.

Japan has mountains! Like, I knew this but it never clicked.

I like Sisters and the people who work for them.

The two English native people who are helping us out are a guy from New Zealand named Alistair and an American named ____, who I am pretty sure is a leperchaun in disguise. Just trust me on this.

Japan is super quiet.

Our taxi driver made small talk with us about Catholicism. English was not his first language. Dr. Bohac is not good at slowing down. It was an interesting conversation.

I don't think I have seen anyone wearing clothes that reveals their knees.

The roads are so thin and the cars more boxy and short.

Their airport is so much more relaxed. Customs took less time than a TSA check in would.

Toilets are far too complicated.

The water tastes a bit like seafood.

4 comments:

  1. I laughed at the "revealing knees" comment. It's pretty much only Americans in the revealing knees category in Japan!

    The toilets are fascinating! She'll love them by the times she leaves.

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    1. She was told "no shorts, no skirts above the knees" when she was instructed how to pack!

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  2. I love these pithy observations. And I have very uncomplicated Toto toilets in my house.

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  3. I can't believe how far behind I am in reading blogs, let alone writing anything. This is great!

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