Class/Test Tomorrow!

   Today (Monday) was my last free day before I enter class on Tuesday. I will have to take a placement test (probably tomorrow), but I do not yet know when or where...so I will get back to you on that! While I do not look forward to having homework, it will be nice to have more structure in my day as well as the fact that I will get a bike tomorrow, so I can go a few more places. Tomorrow will probably be a tough day because I will have a test and then in the afternoon, I have my elective film class.
   Of course, I will let you all know how tomorrow goes, what level of Japanese I enter, and anything else.

  
Highlight of the Day: This morning, I took a long walk along Lake Biwa and got to the outskirts of Maibara...it was so pretty this morning!
Location: Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

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