Train Travel

Well im still in Kumagaya, its been a super busy week, the days are all so long. Im either in the training classroom, or at classes, and when im home im preparing for the next day. Its pretty full on and tiring. Im looking forward to training being over.

I think ive mentioned before but if i havent, after training ill be going to Nagoya again for one month until my apartment becomes available. So its still another month before ill be settled. Its a little frustrating becasue i just want to get into a routine.

so a few new areas i have been to (part 1):

Fukaya, this was a bit surreal, heading out to the sticks on a train that clunks, clatters and crashes you from side to side, at each station it struggles to start up again leaving me to mutter "i think i can i think i can" under my breath much to the amusement of the locals altho i dont think they understand what im saying, more so they think im a nutter talking to myself. I passed all last traces of surburbia, then had to change trains at a medium sized station with some resemblence to a town....then off i went again, seemingly back in the direction i came (i am really comfused here, i seem to go backwards sometimes but end up in a different place, these trains and subways are so full on!) Any way i ended up in a very small place called Fukaya. I was here to observe today, no teaching but just get a feel for what the lessons are like.

I walked to 20minutes from the station to the school, and was amused to find it was have rural half urban, so ull pass huge apartment complexes, then u get a farm..it was quite different to what im used to of course. but made for a nice walk.

So i got to the class, observed, and headed home exhausted. On the way home i passed this guy, with a very big nose, so he makes it in my "interesting things about the towns i visit catagory"

check him out, he was on the side of a building a restraunt maybe i think.

Ok so where to after that, well then came Tokyo. The next post will be about tokyo

Until then.

xxx
Bella