Sorry for such a late entry! It’s been a while since I felt like updating this blog. Perhaps I wouldn’t characterize it as a writer’s block, but I needed some time after the last entry to get myself back into writing. And now is the perfect time because I need to catalogue another vacation! Yah!! +++++ First to start, I wasn’t entirely sure what I was suppose to expect out of this European adventure. Europe to me seemed so foreign….
I’ve been working on this entry this past week and I still haven’t gotten past the first paragraph. When I first started writing I was still very very bitter, since the Yatterman experience was far from what I had expected prior to setting off for NYC. I got kind of sidetracked as I ended up taking time to sum up all my bitterness in a nasty (but eloquently phrased) email to the Comic Con organizers to express my disappointment in…
With only one full day in Japan this time around, there was quite a lot to pack into the span of 24hrs, but somehow I managed to get everything I wanted to do in and made it through to the end of the day in one piece. Sort of. ***** Anyway, beginning with the morning. After a quick breakfast at the hotel (the food was courtesy of the ultra 便利な AM/PM across the street), we headed off for Shinjuku Station…
To be honest, Taipei was not very high on the list of places I wanted to visit. If not for the concert, I don’t think I would have ever gone to Taipei on my own. Nevertheless, it’s a place I can now check off my list! We managed to fit in quite a lot during our week in Taipei, although I am surpised that we found so many things to do. (Not to say there’s nothing to do in Taipei,…
Let’s begin by saying that it was by far one of the best concerts I’ve been to! The atmosphere was amazing and their performance was utterly stunning. Arashi really knew how to get the crowds worked up and everyone was standing and cheering throughout the show. I’ve never seen fans so excited before, so I’m glad I had the chance to experience it firsthand. On the first day of the concert, we decided to head to the arena early and…