FYI

There is Internet in Sendai!

How exciting.

Yesterday was yet another adventure. I spent 2 hours at the train station waiting for a train that never came. Apparently the Shinkansen (bullet train) comes and goes like clockwork. Its always on time no matter what... except for one exception... when some one throws themselves onto the track and commits suicide. Now, I didn't see this happen and I don't know for sure that it did happen, but from what I understand that's the only reason that train would be late. And, to top that off, the train company, or whoever, charges that person's family an exuberant amount of money for the loss of business that day. So, what that meant for me was an agonizing wait at the train station trying to figure out, through a few helpful people's broken English, what was going on. I finally managed to find out that there was an "accidento" and that another train would come and take me to Sendai at 2:52. That was great, except I was supposed to have left at 1:11 to be at orientation at 2:00. Well I did finally get there, about 20 minutes before orientation was over, flustered as could be. Oh, and the best part was, one of the wheels on my suitcase is busted so it kept flipping over throughout the whole trip. Its ok if you're laughing right now, I imagine most of the people around me were too.

On a brighter note, my roommate here is super nice. I'm using her internet and her phone as well. I don't really like the city though. Its too big and its not as clean as Fukushima. I only have to stay through Thursday though. I think I'll take today, Sunday, my day off, to explore a little and find some food. As long as I don't have to get on a train I think I'll be fine.