Friday, May 29, 2009

Waiting is the obnoxious bit.

This blog is going to be about how me and my (soon-to-be) wife are spending the upcoming year in Japan. The purpose is to give us an easy way to keep track of what's happened there and let friends and family who are interested do the same.

So the preliminaries. We haven't gone yet. I'm sure anyone who reads this is aware of that. Here's our schedule, which is fairly simple:

June 27th-28th: Leave Raleigh, drive to Mankato.

July 2nd: Wedding rehearsal.

July 5th: Get married.

July 6-? (about a week): "Familymoon" near Green Bay.

July 31st: This is my birthday. Maria says it's important for this to be added. I'm not sure why. Perhaps I'll get a birthday porter, or maybe stout.

August 1st: Maria flies to Japan.

August 3rd: I fly to Japan.

What fun! All sorts of logistical details still need to be worked out, but that's okay.

What we're doing: Maria is teaching English in a Japanese school. I will be doing research for my disseratation at NC State.

Oh yeah, and the reason I'm spending the time to make this blog now is that we've finally heard where she's assigned. We'll be in the city of Murakami, in the Niigata Prefecture. Here's some information I've dug up on it.

Climate Information:

Tourism Guide:

More Travel/tourism stuffs:

Fairly exciting I guess.