Vikingess Voyages

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween weekend in Japan!

Anette 8:21:00 PM

This has been a really busy week (as usual). It is the Halloween weekend after all, and on Friday there was a Halloween party at Ritsumeikan University. From what I´ve heard Japanese people doesn´t really celebrate Halloween usually, but apparently for the sake of the exchange students there still...

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Mikoshi

Festivals in Kyoto: The Fire Festival in Kurama

Anette 1:32:00 PM

On Friday the 22. October it was time for the so-called Fire Festival (火祭り) situated in a little town called Kurama (鞍馬) by the mountain side a little north of Kyoto. Right after school was finished me, Ericka, Silke and Raynor got on our bikes and headed towards Kurama. Before going there we had...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Travel

Daytrip to Osaka! Umeda, Osaka Castle and Shinsaibashi

Anette 11:42:00 PM

Today me, Silke and Chase went by train to Osaka (大阪). We went by a so-called hankyuu (阪急) train, which took us about an hour and only costed 390 yen. The place we arrived at was called Umeda, which among others has a lot of shopping centers and, if you prefer, connecting trains to other parts of...

Monday, October 11, 2010

Shrine

Festivals in Kyoto: Kyoto´s Student Festival (京都学生祭典)

Anette 9:16:00 PM

On Sunday it was time for Kyoto´s Student Festival (京都学生祭典) taking place at the Heian Jingu shrine (平安神宮) in the eastern part of Kyoto. Me and Silke went a bit earlier than the others, and did some sightseeing in the area where the Heian-jinja was located. We found some really nice streets there,...

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Ritsumeikan

International Exchange Fair @ Ritsumeikan

Anette 9:03:00 PM

Hi again 皆さん！ Another little update coming up..! I can´t believe we are halfway through the week already, the days are passing by really fast somehow.. On Monday I had classes and so on, it´s a pretty long day so when it´s finally finished I only felt like relaxing.. I have class in the first, forth...

Sunday, October 3, 2010

SKP

Karaoke, ceramics and phone troubles

Anette 10:33:00 PM

Another little update from Japan coming up..! Like I mention in my previous blogpost I went to karaoke on friday! It was my first time actually (unless you count the Singstar-games for Playstation 2)..! We decided to order two rooms, since we were around 15-20 people going. And so we spent the evening...

Friday, October 1, 2010

Ritsumeikan

やっと週末！(?)

Anette 5:34:00 PM

Now it´s finally weekend here! .. At least for some of us, I have my ceramic class (陶芸) on Saturdays so I guess the coming weekends will be pretty short for me. Anyway, my week has been good though. A lot of school (when attending university in Norway its usually not that many classes pr. week) but...

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A modern-day shield-maiden who loves to explore the unbeaten paths of the world. From her base in Tokyo, Anette takes on both rural and urban challenges, and on her path, she has overcome anything from natural wilderness and cultural barriers to commuting in overcrowded Tokyo trains.

Life is too short to be stuck on one page, and this mindset reflects the diversity of Anette’s blog.
Besides being a career woman she is also a globetrotter, with 39 countries and counting.
No challenge too big, no adventure too small!

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