Thursday!

We traveled today to Beppu and visited APU. APU is an international university, with half the students being Japanese and half being international. The picture is a view from the university, which is situated on the top of a hill.

Then we headed back to the hotel, which is super nice and way bigger than any we have stayed at yet, and hung out. It's about 5:33 pm here now, and we're going to have a bit of fun tonight and maybe check out the hot springs.

I had to post a picture of the menus outside of every resturant. They have plastic displays of the food and I find it funny. We had to take pictures to show! I have spent a lot of time pointing to things that I want, after I ask the few Japanese speakers what the meat was before I ordered it.

Tomorrow we're going to Kyoto for the rest of the trip! It's hard to believe that it's already this far into the trip! I'm having a blast and I can't wait to see more, but I also miss everyone and can't wait to see you.

Megan - I hope your party is a blast.

April - Loved the pictures of the girls! Tell Lexi I brought her some presents and I'll bring them home June 3rd. Kiss the girls and smack Jesse for me.

I hope everyone is having a good two weeks!!!!

Talk to you all soon!

m