I finally found the post button too!

Well HOLA from the warm land of Colombia, South America, where in fact, the temperature in the past couple of days has been at least 90 and humid. (Some people died last week when it was 44 degrees celsius...I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit...definitely over 100).

Anyways, Colombia is pretty swell (I almost said cool...but it's only cool in the over-airconditioned apartments), as usual. First, we went to the capital, Bogotá, for 2 days to visit my cousin and her two baby daughters, who are adorable. And yesterday we came up north to the coast to Barranquilla, where my grandparents live. Hanging out with the grandparents is always pretty fun. I am very well-fed and spoiled and I don't do much except hang out and relax and sleep.

To follow SB's lead:
Things I look forward to in Colombia
1. Manicure, pedicure, facial, etc.! WAHOO.
2. My cousin's wedding, which will be fun.
3. Hitting the beach!
4. Eating lots of good food, especially tropical fruit!!!

Things I don't look forward to:
1. Not having my other cousins at the wedding (but hopefully there will be other fun people)
2. The high probability that I will get a sunburn, given the unnaturally white color of my skin at present.
Other than that...life is good. This post is lame.
Hope everyone is having a super fun time wherever you all are. Caitlin and SB, I want to hear about your adventures! If I don't post again from here I'll definitely post from Europe.

Kisses,
Merav

ha ha i see

so i found the new post button, yay me.

i'm leaving this friday to go to Amsterdam with my padre, and then i will start the summer program in Paris.

Things I look forward to this summer:
1. FRANCE & other stuffs
2. being emo and posting emotional responses of my experiences on this blog
3. general coolness and the such

Things I do not look forward to:
1. annoying french people who feel superior to americans (if i want to wear my baseball hat, well goddamit i will wear it!)
2. gaining 1037837867 lbs from the food i will inevitably eat
3. being around people who do not bathe often

T - 2 days

So, this is just to get this thing up and running so I can have it ready for when I go. Hopefully, I'll get some other people to participate, too, so we can keep it real together!

Brief introduction to my study abroad experience: I am going to Japan for a little over 8 weeks through a Princeton program. Most of my time there, I'll be living with a homestay family and taking Japanese classes in Kanazawa, but then at the end I'll rendez-vous with my parents and we'll head over to Tokyo for another 5 days by ourselves. I studied Japanese for a few years in high school, but I started over in college and now have 2 years under my belt. However, I am thoroughly expecting to not be able to communicate with pretty much anyone about pretty much anything. So, get excited for what will no doubt be some interesting stories! I'll post pictures when I can, though most of those will probably go on facebook, so if you really want to see them, check there!