Packing...Packing...Packing...

All I have been doing this summer is packing! I have to pack enough items, and clothes to survive a year in Japan into two suitcases! That's not a lot of room when you really really think about it, but thank goodness I can always mail things to Japan right?!

I leave on July 6th for the curious. I am very excited to go, but I am also very nervous to leave too. Not very many people speak English in Japan, and of course all there T.V. shows are in Japanese. Some days it will make me feel very homesick. I know that I will have fun though.

I am going to post some pictures of Japan on the blog today, so people can see:

Tokyo downtown

Saitama Japan

A little off the topic of Japan but...

So, this may not have anything to do with Japan but it is worth mentioning since one of my students asked me to tell them how it was.

I went to Orlando this past weekend and I visited Islands of Adventure, more specifically "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" and it was such fun. I really enjoyed both the rides. One was a normal roller coaster ride, and this one was fun. It was however really short. :-/

The other ride was inside Hogwarts. It was a ton of fun. A mix of roller coaster and motion ride.

The real selling point of the whole place is how real it looks. The train, the school, Diagon Alley, the wand shop, drinking Pumpkin juice, and watching the Hogwarts "students" roaming the streets. I put some pictures below to give you and idea of just how realistic it looks.

And now on to Japan....

For those of you who are wondering, I leave on July 6. That doesn't give me a A LOT of time to prepare but I am working hard to be ready. There are a lot of decisions to make like: What do I pack? What do I leave behind? Should I bring this electronic? Will I be able to buy this over there? Will it be expensive?

Tons of questions to answer! So much to do!