Rocketfrog Goes Out: Arrived, safe and sound!

Well I've been in Kyoto now for two days and it's lovely here. If not for the news channel, I'd have no idea that a disaster had struck so recently. Still settling in and getting used to everything, though. The flight was predictably very long. I misinterpreted the instructions my parents gave me and stayed awake all of the eleven and a half hours to try and reduce my jetlag, which meant I spent eleven and a half hours fidgeting, writing letters, reading and finishing "Japanland", listening to music and generally annoying the really nice guy sitting next to me.

It just so happened that the guy sitting in front of me is also here on the same exchange, so we went to get our bags together, and then caught the train out of Kansai airport to meet our volunteers. Having slept on the flight and downed a redbull, he was very chatty... I hadn't slept for a very long time.... But I was polite! Just very quiet!

A volunteer picked me up at the Kyoto station, got into a cab and then went to my dorm. She was so nice and sweet. She showed me my room, explained a bit about dorm rules, and then walked with me to find a conbini because I hadn't eaten much of anything on the flight. After a dinner of onigiri, salad and green tea, I settled in to spend a night freezing my rumpus off because I didn't know how to work the air con.

I was surprised how large my room was. There's a fridge, a bathroom and plenty of space. I didn't take a picture of my bed itself, but you can get the general gist of the place. Richard's House was made in 2006, I think, so it's nice and new.