BBQ! X2!
So, it's Golden Week in Japan. A sequence of holidays, when many people travel and places like hotels and touristic spots get crowded. That means some days off, and of course there are some things to write about.
On Saturday there was an "Orientation Trip" scheduled for new exchange students. Well... when I susbscribed for that thing I had no idea that it'd be an event only for Engineering students... Ah well...
Back to the subject, it was a trip to Lake Biwa (a.k.a. Biwako). A nice place where I've never been before. And it was worth the trip, although we have mostly been around Lake Biwa Museum (That's why the picture seems a little off). Nice viewings and even some interesting exibitions at the museum.
The orientation itself? Nothing that I haven't already heard somewhere before... But it seems that in Japan people like to explain things clearly, sometimes over and over again. I can cope with that. Even more when they do a free trip for that.
On Sunday Brazilian Kyoto University students (but not only) gathered for a "churrasco". It could be translated as "barbecue", although some people would say that it's different than American BBQ, for example.
One Russian and two Brazilians from Rio Grande do Sul state (where churrasco is sort of a "traditional" event... I can't express it accurately) took care of the meat. The interesting thing is that there two cheer for two rival soccer teams of that state (Gremio and Internacional), what produced funny conversations.
Another very nice day, staying beside the Kamogawa, eating BBQ, chatting (laughing) until the sun set. Actually even later than that.
Monday was the day to meet the survivors of the Himeji gang, mentioned quite often in this blog while I lived in Himeji. This time, they were going for a barbebue (Japanese style) in Kasai, and Shell invited me as part of the "welcome back" reception.
And it was nice to see them again. Some members missing, some new faces, but the same spirit (!?). One day to see old friends again, make new friends, eat more BBQ, play some frisbee, soccer, badminton and slide... until the end of the day, when I went back to Kyoto.
A very nice GW so far. But May 1st and 2nd aren't holdays. Although in Brazil they would be likely to become so, in Japan classes are actually held, and in my case I had to go to my lab to prepare some stuff for a presentation on Monday (present the projects actually in development. I haven't developed a thing so far, just helping my senpai).
And then the GW continues, but I'll save what happened next for later.
On Saturday there was an "Orientation Trip" scheduled for new exchange students. Well... when I susbscribed for that thing I had no idea that it'd be an event only for Engineering students... Ah well...
Back to the subject, it was a trip to Lake Biwa (a.k.a. Biwako). A nice place where I've never been before. And it was worth the trip, although we have mostly been around Lake Biwa Museum (That's why the picture seems a little off). Nice viewings and even some interesting exibitions at the museum.
The orientation itself? Nothing that I haven't already heard somewhere before... But it seems that in Japan people like to explain things clearly, sometimes over and over again. I can cope with that. Even more when they do a free trip for that.
On Sunday Brazilian Kyoto University students (but not only) gathered for a "churrasco". It could be translated as "barbecue", although some people would say that it's different than American BBQ, for example.
One Russian and two Brazilians from Rio Grande do Sul state (where churrasco is sort of a "traditional" event... I can't express it accurately) took care of the meat. The interesting thing is that there two cheer for two rival soccer teams of that state (Gremio and Internacional), what produced funny conversations.
Another very nice day, staying beside the Kamogawa, eating BBQ, chatting (laughing) until the sun set. Actually even later than that.
Monday was the day to meet the survivors of the Himeji gang, mentioned quite often in this blog while I lived in Himeji. This time, they were going for a barbebue (Japanese style) in Kasai, and Shell invited me as part of the "welcome back" reception.
And it was nice to see them again. Some members missing, some new faces, but the same spirit (!?). One day to see old friends again, make new friends, eat more BBQ, play some frisbee, soccer, badminton and slide... until the end of the day, when I went back to Kyoto.
A very nice GW so far. But May 1st and 2nd aren't holdays. Although in Brazil they would be likely to become so, in Japan classes are actually held, and in my case I had to go to my lab to prepare some stuff for a presentation on Monday (present the projects actually in development. I haven't developed a thing so far, just helping my senpai).
And then the GW continues, but I'll save what happened next for later.
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