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(speaking in foreign language)
- My name is Charlotte Faye and I am super excited
to take over the ITA Instagram today and show you Kyoto.
So, let's go.
So this is a traditional Japanese breakfast.
It's called tamago gohan.
This is the tamago and this is the gohan
and my question is, would you eat it?
Okay all, now that we've had some food,
I'm going to hop aboard my trusty steed
and take us down to the river.
This bike is my favorite means of transportation
and if you can, I definitely recommend getting one in Japan.
So, covered markets are a really big thing in Japan,
which is great when it's raining.
Something to do that's interesting and keeps you dry.
And this is a super local one.
I actually know most of these people.
I do most of my shopping at the supermarket.
It's infinitely more fun than a regular supermarket
because it's outside in the covered shopping area,
and it's a little bit cheaper too.
So here we are at last, by the river.
Kamogawa is my favorite place to be.
If you look over here, you can see where the river splits
and this is called the delta.
People like to come hang out here in the summertime,
it's awesome.
You can jump across these stones to cross the river
and get to the delta, but it's been raining
the past few days and the river is really high.
I actually got super lucky with the weather today.
So let me tell you a little bit about
my teaching here in Kyoto.
I have a very atypical setup.
I actually split my time between Kyoto and Osaka every week,
and I teach anywhere from two to four different jobs.
On Mondays, I teach in Kobe at a women's university
doing medical English classes,
but that is on and off with the semesters.
And on Tuesday, I am in Kyoto in the head office
doing lesson planning and prep for my classes.
On Wednesdays, I teach at an eikaiwa type school,
and right now I have a class with
a two-year-old and a four-year-old who are adorable.
And then later in the day, a class with mommies only.
And my class number fluctuates with who's signed up.
And on the weekends, whoop, whoop,
I'm usually working in Osaka.
It's a really interesting school,
it's the Osaka English Village.
We have different situation rooms
where the kids can get hands-on experience, role play.
So which days and how many days I have off
actually fluctuates from week to week,
which can be a drag if you're trying to plan far in advance,
but I can always request off on the weekends,
so it's not a problem with me.
And it's much easier to do things during the week.
Do you see that bird over there?
He's been eyeballing me for the past 20 minutes.
And if I had food, he would come and he would
take it out of my hand.
It has happened before.
It's very scary.
And you know what, I'm gonna try, let's see.
I seem to be safe from the hawks today,
but the pigeons like me.
Oh, hey guys.
(speaking foreign language)
Today, I made a new friend at the Kamogawa.
Hello, say hello.
(speaking foreign language)
Nice to meet you.
(laughing)
Hey ya'll, I'm back at home because I have a Skype date
with one of my best friends.
Living abroad can be really hard
to keep in touch with your friends and family,
but the ones who love you will make time.
I was worried I might not be able to live abroad
because I have a chronic illness.
I have arthritis in my hip and every other week,
I give myself an injection.
But the health care in Japan is really good,
and everything is okay.
If you have any questions about going abroad
with a medical condition or any other questions,
please DM my account or the
International TEFL Academy account
and I can answer those today during my take-over.
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(cat meowing)
Meow, meow.
Are you hungry?
Hey ya'll.
So this morning I tried to show you kind of uptown,
suburby Kyoto, and this afternoon you got
historic downtown Kyoto, and now I'll show you
a little bit of nightlife.
Downtown at night is actually quite bright.
This is Pachinko.
Kind of like having a heart attack.
You know, usually I cook at home.
I'm doing this for you guys.
It's all for the Gram.
So I've gotten some good questions so far, already,
throughout the day.
And one of them was about how I found my job.
I actually applied online through Dave's ESL Cafe,
directly to the school, and I heard back relatively quickly.
I worked full-time in Osaka for one year,
and my company did sponsor my visa.
They didn't actually help me find housing when I got here,
but you know, it's a challenge to
figure these things out on your own.
Kiyamachi is the fun street.
It's where most of the nightclubs and restaurants
and cars and other interesting
night activity things are in central Kyoto.
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♪ We've got each other and that's a lot for love ♪
♪ We'll give it a shot ♪
♪ Whoa, we're half way there ♪
♪ Whoa, livin' on-- ♪
That's about it for me.
Thanks to everybody who watched my Instagram take-over
and if you have any more questions,
please send a message to my Instagram account
and I would be happy to answer everything.
Good night you guys.
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