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What do you eat for Christmas Dinner?

Here is a picture of the last Christmas dinner I cooked my family. I cooked everything myself. We ate turkey, stuffing, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole and bread rolls. It was delicious! My favorite thing to eat for Christmas dinner is green bean casserole! It is so yummy. It is made with green beans, onions and cream sauce.

Would you try turkey? Would you try green bean casserole? Let me know!

Thank you for reading,

Kristen  

Merry Christmas! I have spent my first few days of vacation cleaning and packing. I'm going to Tokyo! I can't wait to go shopping, especially for clothes and christmas presents. I'd like to pack more clothes for the trip but I am certain I will need the room.

Santa brought me 4 presents. A lip gloss, sunglasses, a calendar, and a bank shaped like a dragon! Isn't his cute? My parents sent me money for my trip too, which was really nice of them!

A Christmas card from my Grandmother arrived on the actual day! My Mom called me on Skype and we chatted for a little bit. I wish I could someone go to the big family party tomorrow.

I watched lots of Christmas movies like The Muppet Christmas Carol, Home Alone, Die Hard, and a set of silly short Christmas videos.

This being my first Christmas in Japan, I went out and got some fried chicken. It was super delicious. The cake was too expensive for me so I got a nice parfait instead. It's a little lonely but I know I'm about to be surrounded by my friends for the next 8 days so it's a kind of calming.

Happy New Year!!  

Hello Everyone!

I'm writing this from our new apartment in Takamatsu! We spent our first day of the holidays moving in and getting ready to celebrate our time off, talking with family and friends, and making sure that everyone is safe and happy back home in Canada. Soon, we'll be traveling to Tokyo for a week and exploring the largest city in Japan. I'm very excited and looking forward to experiencing some completely new and different food and culture, and enjoying some time off. After the holidays, we'll be settling into our new routine here on this part of Kagawa, and getting used to traveling some new streets!

Happy Holidays to everyone, and I hope that 2016 will be the best year yet!

A  

After a very exciting few days we're finally settled in our new apartment! It's been so fun but exhausting moving here, everything is new and exciting and we can't wait to get to know our new city! We're very happy to be here.
Even though moving is always a difficult process, it's always so exciting. We were lucky enough to have a lot of help from our friends/coworkers at GEM, so the process was easy and as a bonus we got to spend more time with everyone. We even ordered pizza after, which was even more delicious after working hard all day.
We're so grateful to everyone who helped us and so delighted with the new situation. We can't wait to start our lives in our new apartment!  

Frozen is very popular both here and in America, but the story its based on isn't as widely known. "The Snow Queen" is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson. Frozen was inspired by "The Snow Queen", but its actually very different. In "The Snow Queen" a little boy and a girl are best friends, but the boy gets pricked by a shard of glass from a broken magic mirror, and so his heart begins to grow cold. This is when the Snow Queen takes him. The girl has to travel across the world to save him. Its a very cute story, but a very different story.   

This is one o Ontario Canada's hidden gems. It's located on Georgian Bay and it's simply called "The Grotto". When people think of Canada everyone is familiar with its cold climate and winter sports but this Grotto shows the summey and tropical side of Canada. It's definitely a place worth checking out. Georgian Bay is fantastic



What is really awesome is being able to dive into the water, it's clean and clear and makes you feel like you're in an entirely different place.

- James Barbosa  

Christmas is upon us, and with it, vacation from work! I hope everyone will do something fun for Christmas (though from the sounds of it, everyone will be going to school or work, :\). As for me, well, I never really plan to do anything for Christmas. I don't really celebrate it much. This year, though, I will be doing something! It's nothing grand or special. I will just be spending time with my friends in Niihama. We didn't really talk much about the plan, but I believe they want to head to the Game Center in Aeon mall a little after noon. I don't know how long we will stay there. But I am sure we will have lots of fun playing games together! For the evening, we are going to get together for dinner, as well as watch a movie, I think. I don't know what movie, but I am sure it will be Japanese.

Like I said, it's nothing crazy, just some light-hearted fun with some friends. Though, knowing this group, something crazy just might happen! I hope everyone enjoys their Christmas, and have a Happy New Year!