Day 45 and 46: Picnic in Yoyogi and Minami-Osawa

Hello!

Sunday 22nd:

So today I went to Yoyogi Park in Shinjuku. This time it was to have a picnic with Ai, Steffi and many others, I think we were about 12-13 at most :) We had two big blankets and everyone brought food, snacks or drinks.

There were an crazy amount of people in the park! We were not the only one thinking about a picnic in the park. It was a little windy and cloudy, unfortunately, but we had a good time! We brought frisbee, badminton and other ball-games. But the wind made it a little difficult, but it was fun either way.

There was also a Norwegian guy there! He said that he hasn't spoken Norwegian in a veeeeery long time, so it was very weird for him, haha! He didn't even react to his real name once, because he's so used to his nicknames. It's just like me: Vibeke --> Vicky or Bikki. So he's name: øyvind --> Vinny.

Pictures from Ai:

We started like this

 And ended like this, and this is actually after we had started to clean

Jimmy (a different Jimmy, not my boyfriend), had made marinated roastbeef!!! He also brought bread and cheese, so we made delicious sandwiches~ It was amazing, and super kind of him!
We were out till the sun went down, and some headed to the cinema, others to other places and some went home. I was invited to watch "American Sniper", but I was tired so I went back home with Steffi instead.

Monday 23rd

So since I had problems with the bank when I tried to pay my rent I had to go back to Minami-Osawara. This is because it's the main bank for the University, or something like that...

But first thing first was getting Jimmy a haircut. It was only 1080 yen (70 kroner). Wish I only had to pay that...

Jimmy and I then took the train to Minami-Osawaa and everything went fine at the bank! It didn't take more than 10 minutes. So when we were done there we hung around at the malls.

Here is our lunch

 Jimmy with his new haircut! (Not so easy to see though...)

Then we had some hot chocolate~

 And later: dinner

Do you like my new t-shirt?

Tomorrow, Jimmy and I are going to have a completely lazy day~

じゃ、またね！

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Day 33: Tokyo Metropolitan University (首都大学東京, Shuto Daigaku Tōkyō)

Hello!

So today I went to my University for the first time! I was actually a little late because I took the "wrong" train. And by that I mean, I took the semi-express instead of the express. And it was a huuuge difference! Instead of taking 30 min. it took almost 1 hour... Oh well, it was ok either way. 

From the trainstation Minamiosawara there is just a bridge then you're at the university! At first I though that this was a very deserted place, but at the campus there was restaurants and shoppingmalls. 

I'm an exchange student at the:

• Division of Humanities and Intercultural Studies
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts

And I will be living at the International Student House Share Place Seiseki-Sakuragaoka. 

Here is the entrance from the station

For today I only had to pick up some documents I need. 

Here are some pictures from the campus. There are different areas for the different faculties.

 This is on the way back to the station that I came from.

 There are many restaurants and shopping stores and malls.

 I ate takoyaki for lunch, and it was very good! Not too expensive either. I was by my self and I was looking forward to take a brake inside because it was very cold. An old japanese man started talking to me, and he was curious what I did there, if I speak japanese, where I came from, how long I'm going to stay in Japan, etc. He was very nice, but I really wanted to just eat my lunch! Haha. I have a thing by attracting old japanese men, I don't know if that's a bad thing or not, haha! Either way, we talked for a bit, before I did some shopping at the mall.

Here's my takoyaki:

 It was sunny (but cold) and in the distance it looked like a storm! It didn't start to rain though.

 I bought a gift for Jimmy! Two cat cups that he can have at his place :) He likes cats so why not~

Later we met in Shinjuku and ate dinner. I told Jimmy to meet me in Shibuya, when I actually meant Shinjuku... I sometimes mix up those two places... Luckly it's only 2 stations away so... We ate at Ootoya :) But I didn't take any pictures.

Tomorrow, I'm going to send some stuff in the mail, transfer money to the university, and change my tourist visa to student visa.

じゃ、またね！
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