The worldwide Augustana College experience
We arrived to Taipei a week ago. It has been quite a time too. At first I didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as I liked Japan, and I’m not sure I do, however, I like it a lot more than I did the first day we were out and about. It was [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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September 13th After class on Monday, the group took a bus tour of Japan, where a few things really stuck out to me. First of all, the traffic actually wasn’t that bad. I feel like I’ve had worse times driving on I-55 near Chicago than our bus driver had in downtown Tokyo. Granted, it was [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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Sorry for the delay! But here’s my first collection of Tokyo posts. In Tokyo, we stayed at the Olympic Youth Center, where the athletes stayed for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics…It was an awesome central location in Tokyo, right next to Yoyogi Park and about a half mile from a subway stop. It was also affordable…About [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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I guess I was somewhat silly to think that I`d have enough free time to update my blog 3-4 times a week. Not having a computer is nice but I don`t get on the internet at all. I`m constantly doing something and making the most of this amazing trip! I`m currently in Tokyo, Japan…the largest [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2010 by sarah-viager
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We’ve been in the worlds largest city for about 9 days now. Tokyo is such an overwhelming place there is so much to do and with classes and homework it just does not seem like there is enough time to see everything. I’ve mostly seen Shibuya and I have also been to Shinjuku a couple [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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Sorry for the delay! I’m in Tokyo right now, and there’s an awful lot to do here..Hopefully I’ll be all caught up in the next week or so September 5th
Posted on September 15th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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Arriving in Matsuyama was a bit more of a culture shock because there is very little English anywhere in the city. However, it has some interesting aspects. The first restaurant we went to was unique. We ordered our meals out of a vending machine type thing and handed the receipt to the cook and they [...]
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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September 1st Getting ten friends through a Japanese subway station is a pain. Getting eighty students through? That’s a nightmare. The whole group went through three stations leaving mass destruction and utter chaos in a our wake on our way from Kyoto to Hiroshima . My personal favorite moment was when everyone got on the [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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We made a quick stop in Hiroshima after Kyoto. While Kyoto is my favorite city so far because of it’s beauty and just the feel of the city while walking around, I also really love Hiroshima. I like the river that is near the park it is relaxing to sit and watch it. I also [...]
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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August 25th Adventures today started just after class. We wandered into an arcade, which was pretty cool. It sounded like a Vegas casino inside, but with crane games instead of slot machines. Except here, they’re known as UFO Catchers, not crane games…We also played the Japanese version of Guitar Hero…Taiko Drum Hero. After seeing a [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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