Hokkaido Day 2

[SUNDAY Feb 6th]

too tired to write this now- just know that today was another busy day but that I got to see Mike Stein!!!

I am excited for the festival to start up tomorrow! :D

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The night was spent in an internet cafe, where I could not really get enough sleep because I was worried that I'd run out of time and that the clerks would wake me up. They didn't, so I had to pay extra when I left.
It was funny, because as I wondered around the building, there were all these Japanese men who did double takes and stared at me. It did wonders for my ego (hahaha) but I think that here were not expecting a foreigner at an internet cafe.

So, it was the morning, I had another coffee and muffin at Starbucks after I locked up my bags in another locker for the day. I then called Mike Stein to see when we should meet up, and he told me to come meet him at his hostel. So I started to trek over to his place. When I got there I met his travel mates, and we went our separate ways. They went to the Modern Museum, and we travel around looking at the festival sites.

Mike and I went to a restaurant and had lunch, then we went over to my hostel. After I checked in Mike was looking at the door and he saw one of his friends from his school who is also staying at the hostel I am. Her name is Kristin, and she is a Smitty.

We then wondered back to Sapporo and decided to meet up with the rest of Mike's friends for at the Sapporo Bear Museum, and it was so much fun! We explored the museum and then we had dinner there. 4 of us (out of 9) had all you can eat, and everyone bought beer (Including me- I know! A shocker). The food tasted awesome and the beer was, shockingly, good.

After dinner we walked back to Odori (the main street, where the snow festival is) and we split up, Kristin and I went back home. I got to take a shower (first in 2 days!!! YES!) and then a bed.

A BED. I fell right asleep. Life is so wonderful.