Fade to black

This blog is probably finished now, unless I find free network access that I can actually legally use for the rest of my trip. I will react to emails, but MSN/Skype are no longer options.

What happened up to Wednesday:

- Monday: studying record attempt, not quite there (5 hours of classwork and 3 hours of private lessons, and 3 hours of study home on top of that)
- Tuesday: cleaning up, packing, some studying, bird stalking (swan)
- Wednesday: bird stalking in the morning (I like the ton of pictures I got of crane that happened to be in the right spot at the right time), study, final cleanup today

Plan for future (for a change, I have actually booked hotel rooms so I actually will follow this plan, roughly at least):

Thursday: Some study, graduation ceremony, 850km on Shinkansen to Hakata where I arrive late in the evening.
Fri-Mon: Something in Kyuushu (not quite sure what yet; will read guidebook on the train and decide then :)
Tue: Travel Hakata->Tokyo (1175km, will take 6 hours or bit over due to change of trains; uncertain what to do with the leftover time)
Wed: Wandering around Tokyo
Thu: Heading to Kyoto, bit of wandering there if there is time (515km, 2.5 hours or so)
Fri: World expo (I'm really looking forward to seeing the 580km/h Shinkansen prototype)
Sat: Return to Tokyo in the afternoon

..and lurk there until the happy end when I head back to cooler climes. Japan is too hot in May, the temperature has been mostly in the 25-ish range for the last month or so during day when not cloudy; even on rainy days, 20-ish degrees.