WHOA. Where did the time go? Sorry I haven't been posting lately, and I am apologizing to myself because I don't anyone other than me will ever see this. Anyway, this past week has been pretty uneventful, the most exciting events took place this past weekend! On Friday, Ryan and I went on a "date" to Harborland to take night shots of all the beautiful lights.
It was a lovely date. We went straight to Harborland after school, walked around a bit, then ate dinner at an Italian restaurant we found. We were like the only ones in there, it was quite awkward because the entire staff was waiting on us. Unfortunately, we ordered wrong, so we ended up getting a Margherita pizza and this Italian sausage pizza. The Italian sausage pizza was supposed to be an anchovy pizza, but I read the menu incorrectly :( However, when we told them about the mistake, they told us that the Margherita pizza had anchovies...LIES. It was a good experience, though!
After dinner, we went to ride the Kobe Harborland Ferris Wheel which was 800 yen...pricey, but good for a one time thing. We got the "food and drinks allowed" compartment, even if we didn't have any. We figured it would be fancier than the usual one, and it was! The seats were all pink and cushiony and the windows had hearts plastered all over them...so romantic. After the ride, we went to the top of the Port Tower to take pictures, then we took shots of the ferris wheel from afar. We finished the night with sharing a parfait from Nana's Green Tea! Super delicious.
The following day was spent in Osaka for the ramen museum, which was really interesting! We also got to meet some other Americans currently in the Kansai area. After that, I headed to Umeda with Braeden, Teresa, Louis, Tierra, and Aki to go to the Pokemon Center and walk around. I eventually broke off from them and went to go meet up with Ryan, John, and Tanya (who picked up a Japanese stalker while she was shopping alone.) We ended up going to a cute little hole in the wall noodle shop run by an old lady. FUN NIGHT!
On Sunday, I met up with Ryan to study in Okamoto. We ate at Cafe de Fellow for their waffles, but since it is such a fancy cafe we were forced into buying tea or coffee. It was a pretty expensive breakfast, but worth the experience. The next mission was to find somewhere that would be a good place to study. After, searching for what felt like forever, we decided to just go to Starbucks and buy one passion tea (their drinks are much more expensive in Japan), then studied. We went to Sumiyoshi after that to eat lunch at this Japanese restaurant where we both got udon. From that moment, we decided that every week we will get off at a different stop to experience the differences between each little area. The rest of the day was spent in Sannomiya. We walked around the international area, saw a guy scratching and sniffing his butt, studied at a panya for about two hours, and ate at this small little bento place where one man was "ganbatte-ing" so hard, but the food was sub par.
