Better and Better

Well, since yesterday we have had some amazing experiences. Starting off with after we had a study hall for quite a bit we then went and toured around the town of Naeba. While back at the hotel we went to dinner with the Japanese and Chinese teams. They then decided to mix with in teams at different tables. At first this was upsetting to Genevieve and I until we became the humor of the night for the Japanese team. What we had done was put our bowl of soup onto our plates which apparently is not what they were intended to have been done with so after being laughed at we figured it out too then laughing at our own mistakes :). We then happily began to start trying to communicate and to our surprise one of the girls could just get by in her English acting as our almost translator for the night. While nearing the end of the night we were saying our goodbyes and taking pictures and the girl we had been communicating with took our picture on her phone and set it as her screen saver :) this was verrrrrrrrrrrry nice and quite surprising. The next day which was today we woke up went to breakfast and got ready to ski. This morning we skied with a few Japanese people as well as the whole Chinese team. This was such a great time skiing with all of these people because this was and is something that we all have in common. Once we were done skiing which was at about 11:15 we went and got ice cream at this shop which has a robot that serves you your ice cream :) Then at 1 pm we left for Narita with the Chinese team. In addition to today's events the Goldwin family was absolutely amazing and gifted our team with these awesome coats. Plus with dinner tonight we sat with two of the Chinese girls and we had such a great time though for the first 10 min of them staring at us it was interesting. Throughout this trip I have learned quite a variety of things and am enjoying every bit of it.

P.S. Here instead of using microwaves to heat things that you would have in your lunch boxes like koshi they are in this weird box that they are packaged with and you pull a cord and they microwave them selves. CRAZY!!!!




Also Sorry the pictures are all over the place although starting from the beginning to the end it shows the ice cream making robot, the Chinese ski team, Gen/Quin, Group photo with some of Japan, China and USA, Dinner with Japan, Me with some of the China team, One of the people in our hotel, Group pic at dinner last night, two Japanese team members and the instant heat lunch boxes :)