On Sunday there was my welcome party which was organised by the people in my lab.
It`s common in Japan to make welcome parties when there is someone new in the company or other. At 9.30am Saya came with her car to pick me up and we drove with Hiro and another girl from my lab to meet the others from the lab. Then after we got together we went by car into the woods of Tsukuba. It was the first sunny day after several rainy days.
The BBQ place was shared by many other families we didn`t know. Japanese people don`t make their BBQ in a Grill (German word) but on the ground. Actually they make a fire and put a Gitter (German word) above the fire. On this Gitter meat, vegetables and soba noodles are placed.
I was actually the only girl drinking beer and after 2 cans of Japanese beer (which is really weak) I felt a bit tipsy.
It was really fun...and everyone is so nice XD I was really nervous about meeting everyone in my lab but after some beer I even spoke Japanese....