I made it!

Hello all!  I'm just writing to tell you that I made it!  The flight didn't seem too long, and the efficiency of Japan and of JET amazes me!  When we got off the plane we went through immigration and customs, and immediately outside of the gate there was a procession of people wearing JET shirts, directing us where to go.  From the exit doors to where the busses were was probably about 1/2 mile, no joke.  We went around a corner, down a hallway, up the escalator, around, through, around, out, straight, down, straight, straight, around, and then to the busses.  There were stations with helpers all along the whole path, which was very helpful, and then a whole procedure to make sure our bags went to the right place while we got on the busses to a different location.

Right now I'm at the hotel in Shinjuku Tokyo that I wrote about some time ago.  It's quite nice.  Very high end, classy, expensive type.  They even shuttled us around the building to check in, get the necessary forms, etc.  Like I said, the system is VERY well set up.  It seems that they are allowed a very large budget on this program as well, because almost everything during this orientation is being provided to us.

I am having a good time so far.  My orientation roommate's name is Wendy.  We'll be in 3101 for the next two full days.  I took a picture of our room, which is already a bit messy, but I'll add the photo in a few days.  I don't want to upload the photos from my camera right now.

I love you all, am thinking about you, and miss you dearly.  Hope you are well!
Tomorrow is our first full day of orientation and banquet dinner .  Forgive me if I don't get to write tomorrow night, but I will surely do my best.

Lana