Meeting friends

Hello everyone,

I spent the last couple of days meeting a lot of friends, Japanese as well as Foreigners.
On Sunday, after breakfast and a short trip to Tooji Temple with the son of my hostfamily I took the train to Kobe. Its a one hour ride, but I didn't have to change trains so it was comfortable enough. Even though I was a little worried I met my friend Mayu without any problems at Kobe Station. Together we went to a really fancy restaurant at the harbor of Kobe. Mayu works there sometimes and so we were able to get the very expensive and famous Kobe Beef for a cheaper price. While eating a five course menu we talked about our time together at my university in Germany (she was an exchange student for one semester) and about everything that had happened since we saw each other last (sometime around January).

I actually forgot to take a picture of the soup. Since Mayu knew the owner and the staff they wanted to be extra nice and gave us a lot of meat. By the time (our forth course) we were already full. So we tried our best to eat as much as we could. And I am proud to say that although I didn't manage to eat all the meat, at least I was able to eat the desert which was delicious. Further, the owner gave us the leftover meat to take home and eat another time. After sitting and eating for one and a half hours we though some walking around would be the best idea, so we went to a mall nearby and tried to find a dress for Mayu. Apparently its not dress season anymore for we couldn't find one anywhere.

So around 4 I took the train back to Kyoto (it had started raining by that time) and was home around 5:30 p.m. at which point my hostmother said she would make dinner soon... and I didn't want to refuse here (even though I was still full) and we had a very tasty Japanese dinner.

My bellies revenge came in the night when I felt so sick and my stomach was so upset that I couldn't sleep anymore and on the next that ate as little as possible.

Yesterday I had my level test at my school (written was hard, oral was easy). Afterwards I went back home and relaxed for I was still feeling sick. In the afternoon I made my way to my old university Kansai Gaidai located in Hirakata only 30 Minutes by train from Kyoto. The campus felt like I had never left and meeting old friends was the best thing ever. First I met my spanish guy Uri who is now studying for a masters degree in Japan and later went to eat with my super cute friends Ai, Miku and Sayaka to one of my favorite stores in Japan called TekuTeku. The owner is a great guy and it was nice to see him again.

Last but not least I met a german friend today. We attend the same university in Germany and she is now studying at Kyoto Sanyo University. So we met at Kyoto Station, went around for a while, had a Matcha Frapuccino at Starbucks (I missed it sooo much) and ate Udon!