Hey there!

It's Saturday, close to midnight. I came back from work a few hours ago and I should go to bed soon as I have to get up quite early tomorrow.
The reason:



Photo: fujigoko_dream @ Twitter <3

Yes, FINALLY my long awatied summer vacation!!!
I did a lot of last minute planning yesterday and the last few hours as well (just details, of course).
The longer you plan, the more things you find, you'd like to do.
The family member who'll join me this time is already on the way as well!~
Please note: Although the banner says "8th-15th" I might be away from the internet until the 20th because although my vacation is over then, my family member will come here and join me and we'll make some shorter trips togehter, so I'll be extremely busy!!

I'll spend most of the time in Nagoya, while my family member starts in Tokyo.
Planned is a day trip to Gifu and Inuyama and of course 2 days and 1 night of climbing Mt. Fuji.
Other places I'd like to go to, but am not sure yet which ones to choose. This will depend on a lot of things!!:
Ise, Gujo Hachiman, Takayama, Okazaki, Atami, Himakajima Beach, Tado, Iwasaki Castle, Kakegawa Castle, Kiyosu Castle, Yoshida Castle.
Most likely it'll be Ise and/or Takayama and Okazaki as well as Kiyosu Castle as it's so close.
Any last minute tips? XD

As for the weather:



It hasn't been raining in AGES, how lucky can one be? *sigh* :/
Oh well, I'm used to rain when travelling by now, so ... it's okay :)
As you can see it'll be hot and mainly sunny and dry. I prefer cloudy weather as it's easier to cope with the heat when being outside the whole day!
Only for climbing Mt. Fuji I wish for sunny weather only, but .....



... right now everything is reserved for Thu-Fri and Fri doesn't look too good. Wonder if we even could see the sunrise that way :(
Wed-Thu looks MUCH better!!! I tried to reschedule, but the busses are all booked out by now. Will ask one more time directly when in Nagoya.

Packed much more than in April! Why? It's summer! Why do you need so much stuff?
I need to pack tons of layers I can wear when climbing Mt. Fuji. Right now I have 5 layers. Not sure if I need all of them, but I also need spare clothes in case of rainstorms and stuff (of course I also have a raincoat and stuff...).
I tried on different layers to see what works best together, but can you imagine how cold it is on top on Mt. Fuji (around 0°C) when it's over 30°C in your apartment at the time you try on the clothes???? That was horrible! XD

I've had a slight fever in the last few days again. Well, when I say slight fever, then I'm talking about 37°C - or slightly higher - which is a temperature I usually never reach when healthy (it's about 36.5° for me).
It might be the extreme heat, though! I remember that in my blood check they found that there's some kind of infection (that was in the beginning of July, though). I guess I should go to another hospital with a Japanese coworker after my vacation after all and have them check me properly just in case! (x__X)

In other news: I got a tan!!!
Well, not me, but my Poupee!
I usually get a tan easily and I like being tanned, but here in Japan it's not considered to be beautiful. Everybody wants white skin and runs away from the sun, hiding all body parts with clothes (gloves!!!) and using very strong sunscreen.
Well, I kind of understand. I don't go sunbathing here in Japan. The sun is WAY to aggressive compared to most European countries!!!



I had a hard time deciding. On the left you see my old Poupee's style. I couldn't decide whether to get the second darkest or the darkest skin color XD
Of course in bikini and in summer the darkest one looks best, right? But I thought that I might wanna keep it for longer, so I also tried it with other season's styles XD



Oh, and as you might have noticed I also changed the hairstyle. Actually it should get shorter in summer, but I wanted this hairstyle for quite a while now, so finally I got it (*__*)v





In the end I decided to go with the second darkest one. The make-up looks not too weird with it and it might look okay with winter clothes as well XD
I'm not gonna change the skin color any time soon as it was expensive (75 ribbons!) XDDDD



Crack XD



Old style XD

Oh, and last but not least: latest find



Rilakkuma Café Olé! It was really yummie!! (*__*)b
I think I might keep the cup! XD


Alright, it's really bedtime now!!!
See you all once I'm back from my trip!

バイヽ(〃^・^〃)ノ チュッ♪