Today was my first day off and i was very excited, today would be the first time id ever snowboard and also the first time id tried all my gear. I got up at 7:30 and caught he first gondalla to the top of the mountain. I would normally use this to get to work but as staff i could use it to be first on the piste. Today was a windy day and the gondolla rocked as it accended. i though nothing of it at this point.I reached the top and looked for a place to get on my ...

Im knackered, at the moment im sitting in a cold room waiting for the heater to warm it up. Im also looking out the window watching it snow. Last night at 9:15 i left osaka on a bus to nagano. It was a 9 hour trip and was not that comortable. I slept some and distracted myself with films and my psp for the most part. I was traveling light with only the rucksack holding my laptop and a handful of other belongings. I had sent my luggage ahead 2 days ago. For £20 p...

Yesterday I went to Kyoto. As the original capital of Japan it has been on my to do list since before I arrived. I was told it is full of temples and historical sites and thats exactly what we found. We had decided to go as a house so Jarek the girls and me all got early nights for the first time in a while and set to leave at about 9 in the morning. At just after 9 we were walking to the station and shortly after that were on a train. The trip itself is about 40...

I realise the blogs have slowed down but I'm not doing as much sightseeing as I did at the beginning. I'm now settled in the house and regularly spend time with the house mates. There have been a couple of blog worthy events on which I was waiting on photos. Sunday morning at 6:30 I hear a knock at my door and Jareks voice. I don't function well at that time of the morning so I took a while to respond. Today was also Sunday and feel I had a right to a lay in. ...

I woke at 6 on Friday morning with a skull splitting headache and the taste of the damn inferno drink on my lips. All I wanted was sleep but it was impossible when I felt like this. I snuck around the house looking for the paracetomol l I new the girls kept in the bathroom but couldn't find it so I spent 30 minutes soaking my head under the shower and went back to bed still in pain. At 12 after a very uncomfortable few hours sleep i was woken up by Kiyo knocking ...