Hello everyone, sorry for this article late, I should correct it `s also subsequently seen that je n'ai pas d`accents sur ce clavier... Tout ceci est dû au fait que je n'ai pas encore internet en wifi sur mon ordinateur personnel.
En effet à Kansai Gaidai, on doit enregistrer son ordi avant de pouvoir accéder au reseau. Je compte faire ca demain au milieu des milliers d`autres choses qu`on me demande de faire ici!
En attendant je suis donc sur un ordinateur public a clavier Americain...
Aujourd'hui étant une exception (je n'ai strictement rien à faire de cette journée), j'en profite pour vous donner de mes nouvelles de ces 3 derniers jours!
Commencons par le vol. C'etait vraiment génial, et je n'ai presque pas eu peur malgré les très Many turbulence between Paris and Osaka. Flying with Air France is rather nice because the drinks are unlimited and the food is distributed fairly regularly. I had no problem with my luggage, my suitcase was 22.400kg and they did not weigh my hand luggage (my small suitcase and my purse). By
cons `s boarding checks are really demanding (eg should the computer out of his bag and set aside ...).
Apart from that the flight was rather long and uncomfortable in economy class. The seats are really a torture, and lack of room to stretch their legs. I could not sleep even with sleeping pills. On each seat there is a screen that can access movies, music, games and flight information (such as a card or put the cameras on the plane), so there is no shortage occupations . A Japanese boy
I also took my email address in the plane, he said he lived in Kyoto and would be happy to show me around if I wanted, I found it really nice! ^ ^
The arrival at the airport in Osaka was very impressive! We flew over any part of Japan (very different from other countries from above) to finally come landed on this island in the ocean.
After that, it was brought by rail shuttle to the airport itself (I want you to take pictures of the shuttle but was not allowed to take photos before going through customs).
We arrived in the lobby of Japanese immigration service, with three separate offices: one for the Japanese, one for the holders to a re-entry permit (ie those with a foreign visa plus permits to enter and exit again in Japan during the period of validity of their visa) and other foreigners (me for example) visa holders `quelquonque (tourist, student, work ...).
security officers at the airport are very serious and impressive, but the immigration officers are rather nice and patient. Indeed at the end of the queue for waiting you must present your passport to an immigration officer who stamps, and you take a photo and fingerprints taken of your two index fingers.
After that, we headed to the counter to retrieve his luggage bag, in a more or less advanced state of destruction .... Mine has survived but not without difficulty. And we pass the customs where we cross the dog handler and his dog Drug sniffer and where plainclothes officers randomly ask people to open their luggage for `control the content (I don` t have been checked lol).
Then we finally arrived in the public part of the airport. It was a shock, it's really huge, 4 levels, including one devoted exclusively to restaurant and shops.
I invite you to view your online album (see bottom of article) to see the details, I took some pictures at the airport.
I took my shower at the airport, and have visited thoroughly before joining Dina (a student who is also Egyptian in Kansai Gaidai) to 18:15, I arrived at 8:40 am approximately.
We spent the night in the airport, which was not really comfortable but I was so tired that I slept well anyway. Around midnight, two police officers woke us to check our passports. I was struck by how much they are polite and respectful (Japan 1 - France 0). They apologized many times have we woke up and thanked us in s `tilting and wishing us good night.
People in Japan are very different in private and professional life I think, but they are very formal by example in stores. After a few hours I had a sore neck strength to tilt his head to say hello or thank you! lol
The next day we went together to the meeting point and we crossed to `other students from Kansai Gaidai. We took the bus that led us to Kansai Gaidai. I took a photo or two on the road but the majority of the road was surrounded by a wall of plastic. It's really weird to ride in the wrong direction, I think I'll put a time before `m used to it.
We arrived at the seminar house 4 or student volunteers (that's what I understood) we were picked up and distributed in our various homes and rooms. I took pictures of the room that I was pleasantly surprised! The closets are huge, everything is super clean, the futon is comfortable (yes mom I assure you I slept very well ^ ^) and the Japanese style with sliding panels that separate the room from the rest is office super cute! My roommate Jennifer
called Natasha, she is Dutch but of English origin (thus she speaks English), and was a third person but will then leave (she is just the first week before joining his host family ).
monster I made progress in English since my arrival! I manage to connect with people, I'm very comfortable, even when two Americans talk to each other although I do compremd half.
I had the opportunity to speak a little Japanese but I only have the basics, so difficult to hold a conversation.
The climate here is very hot (30 degrees day and night) and was very humide.Mais air conditioning in most rooms and common parts of the seminar house. It `s very nice piece of change just to go from hot to cold or vice versa! lol
By cons I have not done so on behalf of my yen, but here it's quite expensive, it's going really fast, I better be careful! Some things are more expensive and less than `other France.
Tomorrow things get serious so I do not know when I write to you again.
Link `s online album (click for photos)
Have a nice day. 2010 年 08 月
29 日 01:25 PM 8/29/2010 6:25
