Getting ready!

Hiii!

I'm always behind with the updates, but since uni is ending, exams will start soon and I don't spend much time exploring my surroundings, sorry about that! I hope in a few weeks I can show you some interesting pictures.

¡Holaaa!
Lo siento que siempre esté tardando con las actualizaciones, pero como ya se está acabando el curso y pronto empezarán los exámenes, no tengo mucho tiempo para salir a explorar ni nada por el estilo. Espero que en unas semanas ya pueda enseñaros cositas interesantes...

Today I'm just going to tell you how I'm getting ready for my trip to Japan next July! It feels like a dream, it's been so long since I bought the ticket (late November) and finally... it's in a month and two weeks! So what I've been doing mainly is going through guides and such and looking for cool places to visit <3

Hoy solo os voy a hablar un poco de cómo me estoy organizando para el viaje a Japón que haré en julio. Todavía me parece un sueño, porque hace taaaanto que compré el billete (finales de Noviembre) y finalmente... ¡solo falta un mes y medio! Así que estoy todo el rato mirando guías para encontrar sitios chulos que ver y cosas así <3

One of my dreamplaces I wanted to visit since I knew about it thank to the anime Tsuritama is the island of Enoshima. It's a tiiiiny island about one hour and half from Tokyo, but it's so pretty!

Uno de los sitios que TENGO que ir a ver y que conocí gracias al anime de Tsuritama es la isla de Enoshima. Una islita pequeñiiiita a una hora y media de Tokyo, ¡super bonita!

It's also very easy to get there and on this site they explain how to get get there.
I'll visit Enoshima when I'll stay in Tokyo, but I will also visit other cities, of course! My first stop is actually Osaka, where I'll meet with my friend Yuina (who visited me last summer).

Además es muy fácil llegar hasta allí y en esta página te explican cómo llegar.
Visitaré Enoshima cuando esté en Tokyo, pero también iré a otras ciudades, ¡por supuesto! My primera parada en verdad es Osaka, donde me encontraré con mi amiga Yuina (que me visitó el verano pasado).

The next stop is Kyoto! One of my friend's mother went there a few years ago, so she's been recommending me a lot of places <3

La siguiente parada es Kyoto, donde también me espera otra amiga. La madre de una amiga mía estuvo allí hace unos años, así que me ha estado recomendando un montón de sitios <3

In Tokyo I will be staying at Khaosan World in Asakusa, so I'll be near Sensoji Temple and TokyoSkyTree!

En Tokyo me quedaré en el Khaosan World en Asakusa, así que estaré cerca del Sensoji y del Tokyo SkyTree!

Of course I can't miss Harajuku and Shibuya and I want to spend there an entire day, Sunday August 3rd. My birthday is the next day, but on Mondays it's not as full of fashionable people and I really want to feel the atmosphere!

Por supuesto no voy a perderme Harajuku y Shibuya y tengo intención de pasarme allí un día entero, con fecha y todo, el 3 de agosto. Mi cumpleaños es al día siguiente, pero por lo que tengo entendido los lunes no está tan LLENO de gente y yo quiero sentir la verdadera sensación de estar allí.

I'm still trying to figure out a couple of things, like credit/debit cards and stuff like that, but I'm soooo excited that I can't wait! I keep looking at pictures and guides everyday~

Todavía estoy intentando enterarme de una cosillas, como el rollo de la tarjeta de crédito/débito (si tenéis alguna recomendación al respecto, hacedmelo saber, por favor) y cosas por el estilo, ¡pero estoy suuuuuper nerviosa y no puedo esperar más! Me paso el día mirando fotos y guías~

This is all for today! If you have been in Japan or you have any place you would recommend, please, leave it in the comments and I'll have a look at it!

¡Esto es todo por hoy! Si alguna vez habéis estado en Japón o tenéis algún sitio que recomendar, por favor, dejadlo en los comentarios ¡y le echaré un vistazo!

Japan Week in Granada

Hiiiii!
These last weeks have been veeeeery busy with lots of activities and stuff to do!
The first week of april (31st March - 6th April) was the Japan Week in Granada to celebrate 400 years of international relations between Spain and Japan, yay! And the University of Granada and CrossOver Association organized a wonderful week!
But what's even better than that is.... MY ALIEN FRIENDS CAME TOO! So I managed to spend a week with them doing fun stuff together ;^;

¡Hola!
Las últimas semanas han sido un lío,he estado de arriba a abajo sin parar (y encima Semana Santa, así que...).
La primera semana de abril (31 de marzo - 6 de abril) fue la Semana de Japón en Granada para conmemorar los 400 años de relaciones entre España y Japón, ¡yay! Y la Universidad de Granada y la Asociación CrossOver organizaron una semana estupenda <3
Pero lo mejor fue... ¡que mis amigas aliens vinieron también! Así que pude disfrutar con ellas una semana divirtiéndonos un montón ;^;

We started the week veeeeery tired because we went to sleep late and we couldn't get out of the bed early as we wanted (there was a taiko concert that monday morning), but we went to some other speeches about music (some of them not so interesting).
On Tuesday, though, we had our first try at kumihimo, a Japanese ancient handcraft. My results were not so good...

Empezamos la semana suuuuper cansadas porque nos fuimos a dormir ultra tarde y fue imposible sacarnos de la cama a la hora a la que se suponíamos que teníamos que levantarnos (había un concierto de taiko ese lunes por la mañana), así que al final nos conformamos con ir a unas cuantas charlas sobre música (algunas interesantes, otras no tanto xD).
Y el martes tuvimos nuestro primer encuentro con el kumihimo, aunque mis resultados no fueron demasiado buenos...

We also tried shôdo, but I wasn't very good at it either... It was very cool, though, and I would like to learn more about it <3

También probamos el shôdo, aunque tampoco me salió muy bien... Estuvo muy guay, eso sí, y me gustaría aprender más <3

There were some restaurants that had prepared some special dishes for this japanese week, so we went to try some... and did silly stuff, of course xD

Algunos bares de tapas de aquí también participaban en la Semana de Japón con unas tapas especiales, inspiradas en la cocina japonesa, así que aprovechamos para probar unas cuantas (aunque solo saqué foto a una...) y hacer el tonto, por supuesto xD

One night I wanted to try my new lenses for my Jean cosplay and this happened...

Y bueno, como ya se acerca el Ficzone y mis amigas me trajeron las lentillas de Jean, se me antojó probarme el cosplay y la noche acabó así...

We also went to a tea ceremony held by the wonderful Eiko Kishi-san <3

También fuimos a una demostración de ceremonia del té que llevó a cabo la maravillosa Eiko Kishi-san <3

On Saturday I participated in the little matsuri we had in Granada and I explained and showed how to put on a shironuri makeup. I was a little bit afraid, since I usually never leave the house without makeup and I'm bad at explaining myself, so...

El sábado hubo un pequeño matsuri y participé con un taller/tutorial mostrando cómo ponerse el maquillaje shironuri. Estaba un pelín asustada porque normalmente nunca salgo de casa sin maquillar y creo que soy un poco mala explicándome, así que...

(Alien... henshin!)

(I made the shawl in a weekend... 8''''D //// Hice el chal en un fin de semana... 8''''D)

After that, we had lunch (I took off the shironuri makeup first, because I still can't eat without getting white paint everywhere, even if I seal it...) and quickly went back to get a seat to see how to put on a kimono <3

Después de eso nos fuimos a comer (antes me quité el maquillaje, porque todavía no sé comer sin acabar con pintura blanca everywhere, aún cuando me eche fijador) y volvimos rápido para conseguir un buen sitio para ver cómo se ponía un kimono.

(Sorry for the crappy pictures, but the lighting was awful... D: /// La luz era horrorosa (y el flash más todavía), así que perdonadme las fotos horribles... D: )

My friends had to leave afterwards and I was a bit sad, since there were more activities scheduled for that evening (party with japanese students, yay!) and a picnic on the next day...

It rained the whole week, but on saturday the sky cleared up and on sunday it was a wonderful day to spend in the fields, eating and talking.

Mis amigas tuvieron que irse justo después, así que estaba un poquito decaída, porque se suponía que ibamos a ir juntas a otras actividades que iba a haber esa noche (¡fiesta con estudiantes japos!) y a un picnic al día siguiente...
Y estaba preocupada también porque había estado lloviendo toda la semana, pero el sábado ya hacía mejor tiempo y el domingo hizo un día PRECIOSO para pasarlo en el monte comiendo y charlando.

(Edamame~)

And here it ends my entry about the Japan Week. I'll be updating soon with some pictures of the last Fashion Walk in Tenerife during Easter and this weekend there's an anime/manga/comic convention here in Granada, so expect new stuff soon! <3

See you soon!!!

Y con esto se termina mi entrada de hoy sobre la Semana de Japón. Pronto actualizaré de nuevo con una entrada sobre el Fashion Walk de la semana pasada y este finde es el Ficzone, así que tendréis cositas nuevas que ver <3

¡Hasta pronto!

Mission: Russian summer 4

Hi!

I'm so sorry for the delay! After I came back from Italy, I had to reorganize my classes and study all the weekends because all my teachers decided to put exams NOW.
But I still have very good news! Finally I managed to get a mission in a place I've been longing to go from a long a time... Yes, you guessed right! I'm going to Japan next summer! <3
I've yet to organize the trip and everything, because I'll be travelling to Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, but I'm really excited! There's still a lot of time until then, and it doesn't seem real to me...

Anyway, I still haven't finished telling how my mission in Russia went.
The teacher had showed us most of the city, which was very important during IIWW.

We saw nearly everything you could see in Voronezh! XD

During those days, I had the chance to meet one of my friend's best friends, Max. I spent little time with him, but he's such a nice (and good-looking, I know Angela's reading this xD) guy.

We went to this strange medieval-like restaurant and I had a great time with everyone <3

We went a lot of times to Svetlana's house and her mother was always cooking something for us <3

Some days later we went on a little trip to the woods. There was a natural museum, where there were lots of (dead) animals. I'm not posting pictures because I know some of you may don't like it, but I assure you that none of those animals were killed with the purpose of taking them to the museum.

 By the way, I'm going to say that the walk through the woods was beautiful... but I'm never going to set foot there! I don't know why (maybe because I'm from another planet and my blood is different) but mosquitoes were all over me! When I came back home I was like a giant swollen red ball T__T
In the next weeks, we visited this church which was built by Peter The Great (I love how his name sounds in English, we were repeating it all the time) and a war museum!

We also went with Max and one of his friends to a beautiful house from the 19th c. It was an awesome day and it ended more awesomely (it started raining a lot, we invited Max to our apartment and in the end we were all drinking vodka).

(Full moon from my bedroom <3 I spent a lot of time writing by my window)

And this is one of the most strange places we went! It was a restaurant decorated like it was a sovietic apartment xD

(Red drink, OF COURSE!)

(We always recognized our bus stop with this giant red pyramid XD)

(Our lovely teacher, whom I'll never forget <3)

And this is all, my friends. I saw lot of places and lot of people. I learned a lot. I spoke Russian and probably improved it a bit. I now have a visa on my passport that says I've been in Russia. And it was a wonderful summer with one of my best friends, Angela. I love travelling with her <3

Now I have to arrange my trip to Japan! It will be another awesome summer, I will finally see my friends there and see everything I've been longing to see and feel by myself, not through pictures.

I hope I get my camera back soon, so I can post more updated entries and not bore you with all this old stuff! XD