Tag: Food

♫ Bicycle! ♪ ♫

First official Day

Today (June 2) we had orientation and through my jet-lag and complete and utter tiredness this is what stands out to both my peers and me.

  • Wear your Helmet or you are going to die!!
  • ♫ ♪ Bicycle! ♫ Bicycle! ♪ ♫ ”
  • Read the Packet. (Everything you need to know is in the packet)
  • Don’t go buying your own house cleaner. They are a lot stronger in Japan. So strong it is a common use for suicide.
  • By the end of the session it has been made clear that one of us, we just don’t know who, is going to get hit by a car. (Read this in a Scary Movie Narrator voice!)
  • Accountability is huge. Own Up! &  Show Up!
  • Park at Hikone Station and your bike will get stolen.
  • Forget your room key on the weekend you are S.O.L.
  • Lastly, I am of legal drinking age! 😀
    (p.s. this is just an observation… I am still being safe, smart, and responsible!)

Please understand that there was a lot more said in the orientation, and if only I was my normal self, I am sure I would have blogged about those.

After orientation we went on a bike tour! It was a great time. I was continually impressed by my Japanese comprehension skills and at the same time embarrassed by my poor Japanese speaking skills. I guess we can’t all have thumbs up all the time.

I can’t express how beautiful our location is. There is a huge lake right next to the place where I stay called Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU for short). Japan is an island made from mountains so it shouldn’t come to any surprise that I am in the middle of the mountains, yet I still find the shock and beauty in it every time I walk outside.

The people that I am with seem so cool; I can’t wait to get to meet everyone over the course of these two months!

Mesa Mesa Mesa

Just brought my new roomie to Mesa for the first time for lunch. She was really skeptical and didn’t want to try any of the strange  topped pizzas. I tried and tried to persuade her towards the Mac and Cheese topped pizza, but she was not having any of that! Finally we settled on Philly-cheese Steak and the Spicy Southwest! The slices we’re HUGE and sooooooooooooo good! I think that is going to become one of our favorite places to eat together. She loved it! There is soo much variety of pizza you could never get sick of it!

Holiday FEAST! :D

Windy and Chilly I’m  Off to

326 East

Market Street.

Twas the night of  November 11th,

I’m off to a place, from the heavens.

The oldest church in Iowa City

The 2nd oldest building,not the third, not the seventh.

It was here, that I was going to eat

They had everything! Peach cobbler, mashed potatoes, and turkey meat.

And it was all for FREE, what a treat!

After I ate, I ran smack into the most amazing date!

The President of the University of Iowa, is who I got to meet!

As if the evening couldn’t get much nicer,

Up sparked a conversation with me

and the Chief Diversity Officer.

"The Chief Diversity Officer and The President of The University Of Iowa"
Photo taken by Tim Schoon

Georgina Dodge  ME  Sally Mason!