The worldwide Augustana College experience
Hong Kong has been fun and some more of the same that we experienced in Taiwan. We’ve been to the jade market and ladies market. The ladies market is basically a street market with so many vendors it is crazy. The jade market in Hong Kong is smaller than the one in Taipei, however, the [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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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 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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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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August 24th Today was Nara. Yet again, I’ve been struck by the welcoming nature of many Japanese. On the train, I got gum from a little Japanese lady who was excited to meet such an okii gaijin (big foreigner). I joked with a little Japanese boy, who mocked me for my okii-ness. I laughed with [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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Currently we are in Kyoto right now, we have been here since Wednesday night and have done so many exciting things. Kyoto is a beautiful place to walk around in. Everywhere you go you see mountains surrounding you. For our first lunch in Kyoto we found a restaurant that was more of a traditional Japanese [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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So, I know I’m a little late on this whole blogging bandwagon, but I’ll do my best to catch up. I’ll do my best to post a serious of journal entries for each city, but the timing may be delayed due to lack of internet access. Anyways, here are some of my Osaka adventures! This [...]
Posted on August 27th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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Thursday morning a group of nearly 80 students including myself will be leaving for Asia. We will be starting in Japan and traveling to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. We will end our trip in Hawaii. I am looking forward to all the fun times and new and exciting things we will be learning. I [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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