Another thing this trip is teaching me is patience! After waiting nearly 8 hours in the station, i left Hakodate at 3AM on my way to Nagano. Funny thing about doing these night trips is that sometimes I forget to eat! I went nearly the whole day in Hakodate without eating and finally had a bowl of Ramen around 9PM, right before the restaurant in the train station closed, only cuz i figured that with an 8 hour train ride ahead of me, i needed to eat.
Almost got on the wrong Shinkansen too, cuz i remembered the time wrong (gotta stop doing that!) and was off by 2 mins...anyways, by the time i got to the platform, the bells were ringing for the doors to close. Before thinking, I just lept into a train. Luckily it was the right one (Otherwise, it would have been a while before i could have gotten off!)!
Ohwell, so just got into Nagano and am staying in the youth hostel really close to the Zenkoji temple. The temple here is actually quite nice (I wasnt expecting much after seeing the temples in Nikko)! I met a Bolivian/German dude fresh off the plane here and am working at trying to get him adjusted.
Now that ive gotten the rail pass activated, ive gotten my average daily costs down to about $60 bucks! woot! hope is stays that way. If so, major party and gifts for everyone!
(if i dont die of accidental hunger first!)
Please remember to eat!! I don't want to you to come back all skeletal. Whoo hoo, gifts...I like gifts. =)
Posted by: Penny at September 16, 2003 08:27 AMhard to believe you are forgetting to eat. is food that bad or un-appetizing over there? (besides ramen?)
Posted by: myong at September 16, 2003 11:53 AM