arrived safely and without internet!

It's a travesty, but it's true. Just letting those known who might have wanted to talk to us soon, we have no internet right now and probably won't for a little while. We should by the very beginning of september at the worst, but that's all we can be sure about. For me the worst part is that I cannot really do a lot of my work until we get some kind of internet connection, so I`m forced to figuratively spin my wheels for a couple of weeks.

I am in an internet cafe now and I can write a bit more than was put in that last paragraph. Things are going pretty well here, and we`re having fun working on learning Japanese, seeing as Maria` is a bit rusty and mine is nonexistant. We miss our puppy and we miss our friends and family, which isn`t much of a surprise. Also, this blog post looks funny because I am typing on a Japanese keyboard, and I`ll occasionally hit the wrongぶっとｎ and get a bunch of stuff that doesn`t make sense in Japanese or in English.

Yesterday we walked down the ocean, about 4km from where we live, and we looked out at the sea of Japan. We don`t have pictures yet, but we can promise apartment/neighborhood/ and points of interest photos once we are all hooked up online. The apartment was small and the futons very thin so we decided that we needed to add some mattresses (rather, Maria did). It`s cozy though, except for not being thrilled about sitting on the floor, it`s pretty nice and well sized for a Japanese apartment. So that`s about all we can report on for that front.

The food is a bit strange (squid at the grocery store) but the rice is good. We`ll add some more next time we can get some access, hope to talk to people soon!