I boarded another plane in Amsterdam. The time difference between Ireland and Holland was plus 1 hour, and between Holland and Japan was minus 8 hours. "Well, it took 1 hour to arrive at Amsterdam and it's 10:45 a.m. on the 19th in Ireland now. I have a 12-hour flight to Japan, so...what time will I get to Japan?!" I became mixed up!

My seat was in the middle of the row and I didn't feel at home. I was sitting in a very small space, between a young man wearing a suit and a middleage man who looked like a koala bear! I wondered if I would be able to put up with scuh a long flight....

My last in-flight meal.

After all this, I finally arrived at Kansai International Airport in Japan.It was really wonderfull to be able to communicate in Japanese!
left: "It had been a long day and I have to go back to Sendai tomorrow.... It sounds like a tough job."
center, right: I stayed with my friends in Osaka. We went to a nigiri-zushi restaurant because I hadn't eaten it for a long time! And then we went to a public bath to stop feeling tired. "I don't really think that it is a good idea to go back tomorow and start working from the day after."

left:Dan, he was an English teacher when I was living in Osaka.
right:I went to an Irish pub as soon as I arrived in Sendai!