The incredible adventures of MissBenu - Gotta catch 'em all

From Hiroshima to Osaka ^^

We first tried to find the "Pokemon Center" unfortunaly we got out on the wrong station ^^' Then we decided to first find the hotel and then look into the Center. So in Hiroshima three of us sleeped on tatami in Hiroshima and now everybody had to sleep like that. After we found the hotel we checked in and were heading to the Pokemon Center, who actually is just a big store with pokemon mercandies. 

It was in a really huge shopping center and the first floor was just sweet food. I nearly died in there 8"D also there was a "KitKat Chocolatory" where you could buy special/premium KitKats ^^ There were some with Ginger, Apple, Butter and other stuff. They tast special but actually I was a little bit disappointed. I was looking for the special KitKats (Bean Past and other crazy stuff) one of my friend bought, whene she was there but actually I didn't found them. But well they tasted good anyway 8D
Next we headed many, many floors up and then we saw the Store. It was hugh but also a little bit different than I imaginet it. 

BUT they had some really really cool stuff. I bought three buttons ^^ two for my friends Cuerography (The Bulbasaur one) and Azur Cosplayphotography (The Squirtle one) and one for me (The Charmander one) Also I bought for me a sleeping charamander plushy :)

After going full insane we decided to go to the big aquarium called Kaiyukan Aquarium. The main attraction where two whale sharke. They really look beautiful but it was very sad to see how small the pool was in comparisme with them :/

It was very intressting, but most of the stuff is written in Japanease. At the end of the aquarium "tour" you could touch rays and small sharks. I knew how a rays skin feels like, because I was swimming with some in the caribean sea but it actually was very funny to see how my fellow travelers were first scared and then suprised about how it feels. 

First day was nearly over so we decided to eat something and thene go home. On the next day we would go to the Universal Studio :D Actually I never been to Disneyland nor Universal Studio so I was so exited 8D I will sum up the day in picture, it is way easier than write all that down.

                                 

Next post will be about Tokyo itself :)

The incredible adventures of MissBenu - Sweet little killer bunnys and history

After Kyoto we got to Hiroshima ^^ BUT befor we got there we made a break at the Bunny Island also called as Okunoshima. We had to travel first by train and then with the ferry. When we arrived at the Island there was a bus standing there. He will drive you to the hotel and restaurants. The first bunnys we saw near the bus station. They scutter around and people feeded theme with vegtables, mostly salad and carrots. We decided to talk the bus to the hotel and started to explore from there. We first had to find a place where we could store our luggage, because the hotel hadn't a storage room. We decided to let the luggage behind a drink dispenser. Then I tried to capture some nice photos from sweet, little rabbits with my camera and my friends feeded the rabbits. After I made enought pictures I decided to feed the rabbits too. They nearly jumped in my shoulder bag 8,D 

             

    

Some historical facts about the Island because it isn't just some island. Actually between 1927 and 1929 was home of the chemical weapon facility who priduced over six kilotons of mustard and tear gas. This program was secret and was based on research that showed that the USA and Europe produced chemucal weapons. The island also was removed from some maps. You may ask yourself why exactly this Island. Well because  of its isolation, conducive to security and it was far away from Tokyo.

You may ask yourself but from where came the bunnys? Many rabbits were used in the cemical munitons plant to test the efficient of the chemical weapons. So you could think they just set them free whene the Plant was closed but they killed them.

Well the question isn't answered yet! Well...let me tell you why :) After World War 2 the island was developed as a park and many rabbits were intentionally set loose on the island. That's why so many rabbits live on the island.

On the evening we traveld to Hiroshima and checked in to the Hostel. Then we looked out for something to eat. On the next morning we traveled to the A-Dome. Befor the bomb hited Hiroshima it was a product exhibition hall. It was the only structure left standing near the bomb hypocenter. It was soon called the Genbaku (A-Bomb) Dome. The Dome became subject of controversy, because some people wanted to demolishe it and others wanted to let it stand as a memorial of the bombing and as a symbol of peace. 

After the A-Dome we walked to the Hiroshima Castle.
We walked directly in to a shrine and bought a temple book also a japaneas guy (think he worked at the shrine) showed us how the purification ritual should be done. It was very intressting and the guy was very helpful and nice.

And afterwords to the island Miyajima. There also live wild deers. It was very beautiful and in the evening there weren't a lot of tourists. So the whole island was calm and silence. I wish I could have stayed there for one night in one of these small hotels.

The next day was traveling to Osaka! No time to rest ^^'

Here a picture Suibui took. 

The incredible adventures of MissBenu - We like trains and Kyoto

I'm back from Japan and it was awsome but I'm also totally exhausted ^^. I don't recommand to do a round trip to Kyoto, Hiroshima and Osaka in one Week. You can't see as many as you wish and really often you fall asleep in the Shinkansen or are exhausted in the evening. But it was still awsome just trying.

So we arrived on the morning in Tokyo. Yay! We bought our Pasmo, a card where you can charge money for traveling with the train, subway and even pay with it at the selecta like  drinkes machine, and redeem our Railpass ^^ Thene we took the Train to Ueno and changed to the Asakusa Subway Line and drove until the Asakusa Station :) We walked to our Hostel. Actually we had to walk trough the area of the Senso-ji, an buddhist temple. It was a little bit hard with all our luggage but it was a very nice first impression of Japan :)

The ADD Serie - Things you should say!

A while ago I wrote about what you shouldn't say to an AD(H)D avected person and now it is time to show what you could say so we get a little boost ^^ Well there is something that you should have in mind when you talk to an ADHD person! If it has a slightly negative descent in your voice, no matter what you say (!), it will never get right to us. So if you want to say something nice, just say it if you really mean it like you say it.

Living on the edge - How to save money

Because my income decreased during my futher education I had to shift the lifestyle I've incured.
So I started to analize where I need money and where it is pure luxury to spend it on.
That's why I start this serie "Living on the edge". I will describe how I saved money and will share my thought and experiments with you.

First of all I live in Switzerland. Everythin here is a little bit more expensive than somewhere else. So I was thinking about buy the expensive food and hygiene products in Germany. Why? Well hygiene products are around 1/3 or 1/2 of the price in Switzerland. But there are some problemes first how to get there...I don't have a car and with the public transport it is also expensive so I have to buy a lot that I can get the ticket price out. Another "porblem" is that I could invest the money in a swiss store so the people working there become enought money so they can life in switzerland too.
So i decided whene I visite my family who live near ther german boarder I will go and buy some stuff in germany like the hygiene products. So I can combine two things without extra costs. I would have visited my parents anyway so I could also go and buy some stuff there.