Hi all!! It’s Monday just after noon and we just finished watching the 44th Super Bowl!! Go Saints! New Orleans needed that, I’m happy for them :) It was hilarious to watch the Super Bowl while we’re going through these rough seas. We streamed it off ESPN Live and showed it in the Union. everyone had to stay off the internet in order to do so. It was not good quality at all and would freeze, but who else can say they watched the Super Bowl in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!! We will actually be delayed arriving in Japan because last night we literally were going 5 knots because of the gnarly swells. They haven’t told us how long but we’re all really upset about that :( Today however, we have off because it is Asian Day!! There are tons of activities around the ship (after the Super Bowl of course haha)--things like, karaoke, learning to eat with chop sticks, meditation, Qi Gong etc. We’re also being treated with Japanese cuisine tonight...hopefully it will be good!! I finished my one minute movie for Digital Storytelling and my teacher loved it. The videographer of the ship (Henry) came in and critiqued as well and the only thing he said was, this is a great example of storytelling and the abilities of editing...I was so proud of myself. I’ll try and send the file to a few people while I’m in Tokyo, and have internet, and you all can pass it along.
Plans for Japan:
Get off in Yokohama and grab a train to Tokyo with Matt, Yudai, Mac, and Sam and we will meet Andrea and Tom there. Yudai will be showing us around and taking us to cool places, which I’m excited to get a natives perspective of the land rather than walking around aimlessly. We will get a hotel that night, one with lots of internet so I can talk to you all!! From there, I believe we will be going to Kyoto and Hiroshima but we have Yudai to help bring us around so we’re really not worried and not making any definite plans. We won’t be traveling with the ship to Kobe, we will be meeting up with them there the night before and Matt and I would like to check out a castle nearby from the 7th century. We have all decided there must be Karaoke involved so I know we will be doing that and meeting Yudai’s family.
I will also be buying my ticket to Rio de Janero in Brazil while in Japan and possibly my villa in Mauritius.
I’m missing you all quite a bit and can not wait to be on land and talk to you. My email is back working and the weather from here to Japan should be clear so email me all you want everyone!! Love you all bigger than the sky...B