But, before I got here I had a pretty uneventful and long flight, during which I couldn't sleep a wink. Whenever I tried to make myself comfy, I would accidentally swich on the TV, pushing the „start” button with my butt or my elbow. My remote was broken, so I couldn't turn the TV off, and I had to wait for itself to turn off automatically. And every time when I was dozing off, some minor turbulences would wake me up. I ended up watching a really bad movie (don't ask...) that I hoped would bore me to sleep, but even that didn't work. Beware, for great is the power of the time zones...
We landed in Osaka International Airport witout any trouble, and after collecting my baggage I met with three Japanese students that were kind enough to pick me up. I would have trouble managing all my things without them and I'm very thankful.
After getting to Kyoto I had my first ever ramen (hard to belive, I know, but I've been a ramen virgin untill now :D). I think I can learn to like it, but for me it's too salty.
After the meal we finally reached our destination (meeting Ola in the bus on our way there – what are the odds of meeting your uni mate in a place like this?!) – the house Tondaya. I checked it up on Google Street View before, but in real life it's even better. It's spacious, beautiful with that kind of traditional japanese machiya style and there is some great stuff inside.
The house itself is 130 years old, it's made entirely out of wood, paper and other materials of that sort (for example, the window glass is hand-made) and you can actually feel like you time-travelled to Meiji era. For now I have photos of the entrance and of my room. I will make better ones during the day and when it will stop raining.
Next, me and my Japanese friends went to the city office to get my sometihing called Alien Registration Card, which you have to have if you`re staying longer than 90 days. I have to admit, the name is cute. From this day forth I am oficially an alien.
So, after registering myself as a legal Alien in Kyoto, I went to buy a phone. At first I thought that I'd just buy a pre-paid SIM card, and use my old Polish phone, but it turns out that you can't buy a SIM card without a phone. When I'll find out why I will write about it, because it was really weird for me. My friends were talking something about security reasons, but I don't think I understood it in 100%. So I got the shittiest phone there could be and I'm 6000 yen poorer. Who would have thought.
Not having enough of spending money, I went to local supermarket and spent there 45 minutes like an awe-struck gaijin should. I have never seen so many packed meals in my life. I think somewhere a deity of good food is suffering right now, but I bought a packed salad, cheapest packed sushi for dinner, a bun with sweet potato jam (?) and a bottle of calpis (I love it, if you don't know it – try it).
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