Avui per ser el primer dia prou bé. Ahir quan vam arribar, super cansats, vam agafar un taxi, on el taxista no sabia on anava i vam tardar molt més del que hauríem hagut de tardar, però finalment vam arribar a l'hotel i vam poder descansar. Aquest matí la meva mare s'ha llevat i ha anat a esmorzar però jo m'he quedat descansant. Després hem baixat a recepció i hem esperat a que arribessin els nostres amics. Quan han arribat hem anat al cotxe i a començar camí. Hem parat al Canal de Corinto, un lloc realment impressionant i on hem vist passar un vaixell i a gent fent puenting. I després anar tirant cap a Nafplio. A mig camí també hem parat a dinar i quan hem arribat jo i en carles hem anat a banyar a la piscina. A les cinc ens hem trobat tots per anar a les ruines de Epidavros, on hem vist el teatre grec, que era realment gran. Després cap a fer una volta pel poble, el carrer principal amb el port i veure la posta de sol. Sopar, menjar un gelat, escoltar dues cançons d'un concert que hi havia per allà i cap a l'hotel.
No vaig escriure més perquè els següents quatre dies erem a Nova York i a les nits estava molt cansat. Però bé ara toca començar a escriure el d'aquest any: Grècia, així que comencen. --- I didn't write any more because the next 4 days I went to New York and I was too tired to write. But well, now let's start these new travel: Greece. Let's start
This sumemr I'm going to... USA!! The east coast, more exactly: Boston Washington, Philadelphia, NYC and some parks. I'm so excited I can't wait!! If you want you can check my instagram (@guillros) account where I'll post photos of the travel.
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Aquest estiu anem de vacances a... Estats Units!! La costa est, més exactament: Boston, Washingotn, Philadelphia, New York i alguns parcs. En tinc moltes ganes. Si voleu visitar el meu compte de instagram (@guillros) on hi penjaré fotos del viatge.
And here's a little work I did for school, it's an essay of what I did every day while I was in Japan.
Japan 2013
First of all I stayed in Japan with my mum and a few friends and I took all the information from a diary I kept while I was there.
17.08.2013
We arrived on the 16th, but we got there so late that we didn't really start the holiday until the 17th. So the next day we went to the outskirts of the city to see the bambu forest. It was very hot , and my mum and I were really tired cause of the jet lag. Afterwards, we went to see the golden temple, a really beautiful place to visit, specially in the afternoon when the sun shines and it reflects in the temple so it makes it a beautiful moment. We had lunch in a market and in the afternoon we went sightseeing.
18.08.2013
We woke up really early, at six in the morning to take a fast train to Magome, were we had lunch before the little excursion. We started at twelve and after 3 hours we arrived at Tsumagojuku. Afterwards a bus came and we went to the Ryokan, which is a kind of spa. We had an enormous typical Japanese dinner and before going to bed we had a bath.
19.08.2013
On the next day we woke up, had breakfast and we went to get the train. After 2 hours we arrived at Matsumoto, where we had lunch. An interesting thing is that in the restaurant windows there was all the food they had in the Menu made of plastic, so you could see the aspect of the food. Some of them were very realistic. After that we went to see the Castle and go shopping. We relaxed in the hotel and then we went to dinner.
20.08.2013
We woke up and had breakfast in a French bar. We went to a Kami-Suwa (near Matsumoto) where there's a lake and we cycled around it. I loved it, because it had been a long since I last cycled and cycling around the lake was easy because it was flat and it was difficult to get tired; so I enjoyed it a lot. Next we went back to Matsumoto and took a train to Tokyo. As soon as we arrived, we went to the apartment we had for the four days we stayed there
21.08.2013
That day we started our 4-days in Tokyo, starting with a temple, called Shinju. It was full of foreign people, some of them catalan. Afterwards we went to Shibuya to see the famous crossing, where millions of people cross it every day, we had lunch and dinner there. We also went to see the “town hall”. After arriving at our station it started to rain really hard and we got lost. Finally we arrived at our apartment all wet.
22.08.2013
That day for me was really exhausting, first of all because we hardly had breakfast. Then we went to the fish market, where we went to see the shops and had brunch in a bar where they served raw fish with vegetables that is called sashimi. I didn't eat anything, only a little bit of rice, therefore I had a hot-dog 2 hours later. In the afternoon we went to a neighbourhood called Ginsa full of very expensive and well-known brands, like Dior, Giorgio Armani... Finally we went to see the Imperial- Palace and went to Roppongi to go shopping and have dinner. A fun-fact is that in the Tokyo underground there are some carriages that are for women-only., because if not, in the hours that there's lots of people some would grope them.
23.08.2013
We woke up, first we had breakfast and we went to see if we could rent a boat, but unfortunately we couldn't. So instead we went to Ueno, another neighbourhood, where there's a park. Next we went to have lunch in a sushi train restaurant. Afterwards we went to Harajuku where the girls are dressed strangely, and saw an exhibition of strange clothing. We went to have dinner in a German restaurant and then went back home.
I liked a lot Tokyo because of so many things, like they are all very polite and respectful, they are really advanced in terms of technology and there's lots of technology too, the streets are full of these enormous buildings that have screens on it, the people dressing strangely and walking like if they were the king/queen of the world... It was astonishing.
24.08.2013
On the 24th we went to see a Museum of the creators of My neighbour Totoro, “The Mitaka Studio Ghibli Mueseum”. I loved that museum, because their films are awesome and all the stories, characters and landscapes that are shown in these films, are incredible; so to be able to see where they created everything was impressing. We had lunch at the station and back to our apartment because we had to pack because the next day our friends were going back to Spain and my mum, a friend and I were going to an island. After that we went to see some shopping centres and we had dinner in one of this restaurants where there is in the middle of the table an ember and you cook yourself. Another fun-fact is that in the streets you can't smoke, it's illegal.
25.08.2013
We woke up really early and we went to take a train to the airport. We had lunch there and took the plane to Naha, Okinawa, the island. We arrived we went to the hotel, and went sightseeing. It was a really touristic city, like Blanes.
26.08.2013/27.08.2013
Those three days we didn't anything interesting. We went to a little island called Akajima where we went snorkelling, sunbathing, and relaxing. Being in Akajima was really satisfactory, because we chilled out so much that you didn't even remember of your name. To be able to go cycling everywhere, like “I want to go to the beach that's on the other side of the island. I'll take the bicycle and in a moment I'm there”. It's difficult to describe it with words.
28.08.2013
Finally, on the 28th we took a fast boat to Okinawa again, and there we went to see the Memorial Peace: a museum about the Okinawa War. It was really shocking because you could read all the experiences that the survivors had, and they were really dramatic. Afterwards we went to the hotel and we walked around the city again.
Aquest dos dies anteriors no he escrit perquè estàvem en una illeta (Akajima) molt petitona, i estàvem de relax. Però el que vam fer va ser: snorkel, sopar a l'hotel de 17:30 a 18:30, a la nit veure les estrelles, snorkel, agafar la bici, anar amb ella a una platjeta.... Vida molt tranquila.
Avui ens hem llevat, em esmorzat i hem agafat un fast boat, ja que hi havia risc d'huracà. Quan hem arribat a Naha, hem anat a veure el Memorial Peace, un museu sobre la guerra de Okinawa, però abans dinar a un restaurant de carretera. Després hem tornat a la ciutat i hem fet el check inn (Hotel GRG). Berenar a l'Starbucks, voltes i més moltes i sopar a un restaurant boníssim.
Avui ens hem llevat a les cinc i mitja del matí per a poder agafar els metros per anar a l'aeroport de Tokyo (en Carles i l'Edita) i a l'estació de Tokyo (la Carme, la Isable i jo). Allà hem comprat un cafè i l'esmorzar i hem anat a buscar el tren bala fins a Osaka. Després de tres hores de viatge hem agafat un tren que ens dugués a l'aeroport d'Osaka, on hem dinat. Hem anat cap a la porta a esperar l'avió cap a Naha (Capital de Okinawa, una illa). Hem arribat a l'aeroport, hem recollit les maletes i cap a l'hotel (Peaceland), força cutrot però per una nit està bé. Hem berenat a un Starbucksi hem fet una volta per la ciutat, molt turística. Hem sopat a un lloc que el menjar te'l feien davant teu amb unes brases, i tornar xino-xano cap a l'hotel.
Avui ens hem llevat i com cada dia hem esmorzat a casa. I després hem anat a agafar el tren a les afores de Tokyo, a visitar el Mitaka Museum Ghibli, dels creadors de pel·lícules com Mi vecino Totoro i moltes més. A dos quarts de dues hem anat a dinar a l'estació de trens, hem pres un cafè i hem tornat a casa a fer les maletes perquè demà l'Edita i en Carles se'n van :( i nosaltres marxem a unes illes i només ens enduem una maleta. Després hem anat a veure uns centres comercials i hem sopat en un d'ells, en un d'aquests que té les brases al mig de la taula, amb un cambrer coreà molt simpàtic.
Avui ha estat un dia força tranquilet. Ens hem llevat, hem esmorzat, i a les 10 sortíem de casa. Hem anat a Asakusa-Bashi a mirar si si trobàvem alguna barca per anar pel riu, que no hem trobat i hem anat a Ueno on hi ha un parc, l'hem visitat i hem tornat per anar a l'estació de Tokyo. Hem anat a dinar en un d'aquests restaurants que tenen una barra que va girant i tu vas agafant els plats. Després ja hem anat a Harajuku, on hi han les típiques lolitas, les noies que es vesteixen molt estrany o amb cosplays (inspirades normalment en personatges del manga). Una volta per Takeshita-Dori, un carrer on també hi han lolitas. Hem vist una exposició de roba molt estrafolària i hem anat a un karaoke. Hem sopat en un restaurant alemà i ara fem el ressopó perquè no n'hem tingut poc.
