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Today we first spoke about what I did last weekend. I spend a day in the Hague with my Japanese friend. Lisa then told me she read an article about the Netherlands and we started to read it together. It was interesting to read about a Japanese persons perspective about the dutch culture. There were some difficult kanji, but luckily Lisa could explain the meaning of things when I didn't understand. Let's do this again next time! :-D

Today we spoke about onigiri. There are a lot of different types of onigiri that I was not aware of. It's interesting to learn about new dishes that I can try on my next trip :-D Lisa sensei also showed me the sakura trees around a castle that she visited. they are so pretty! I'm looking forward to the next lesson!

Today we spoke about how these signs to grade: ○ △ × We Also spoke about other ways of grading students that can affect whether you will be allowed to enter a particular school. Things like, your attendence, whether you tend to forget to bring things and other things that we might think are trivial in Europe. It's very interesting to see how cultures differ in these ways. Lisa then proceeded to show me a lot of pictures from her trip to Kanazawa. The castle and gardens looked very pretty! And the pictures of the food made me hungry haha. I'm already looking forward to my next lesson! :-)

Today we spoke about some difficult topics, but it was very informative and I'm glad I can have these kinds of conversations with Lisa sensei. I feel like we can talk about any topic and have a supportive conversation that leaves us both very happy every time. Let's continue our conversations for a long time Lisa sensei! :-) I'm already looking forward to our next conversation!!

Today we spoke about school rules. It is interesting to compare the strict Japanese rules with the almost non existing rules of Dutch school!! XD Trying to explain all the different levels of dutch schools was interesting. Our system is a bit complicated :-) Overal today was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to the next lesson! :-)

Today Lisa sensei told me about her recent trip to Fukui and Ishikawa. She showed pictures of the hotel and onsen that she went to. It all looked so pretty. I was fun to see the sign asking people to remove insects and fallen leaves from the baths with a net. The English and Japanese sentences were so different! :-) I am already looking forward to the next lesson!