Countdown to live in san, ni, ichi...

I have internet access in the dorms in Japan.

All is well.

While I get things moved around and setup Picasa in the next hours/days (I'm still having jet lag), but for now I'll just give you this from a few hours ago...

[ meh, I'll get it up a little later; the camera's taking a while moving the ~200 pics... ]


More random notes...

- I just realized today that sunset happens around 6:30 here. Conversely, it gets bright outside at about 5. (I know, I've been awake at that time to see it...)

- I am caught up with everything I really need to do until classes begin, so I'm riding (both figuratively and literally) around for the next 5 days, doing not much.

- The internet here is the Japanese internet. Going to google is the japanese site. CNN defaults to the International site. It really helps to know your way around the places that you regularly go to.

- Biking here is really an expert sport, even though the bikes would be called one-speed women's bikes in the US. There are metal/concrete posts to prevent cars from getting into sidewalks, and it turns into quite the challenge at some points. It does cut the time from the dorms to Kansai from about 20 minutes to 5, though, so I'm not complaining.

- It rained here for the first time since I got here today, and I happily was caught in the middle of it. It's hovering around 90 here every day, with humidity around 60%...