Diversity at ISS

My school is really interesting because there are so many students that come from all over the world.

Many students come from Japan, and a lot come from Nigeria. Other kids come from Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, India and I come from the US.

The most obvious time to see the diversity was at the International Day at Iss.  

A lot of students bring different types of food from their home countries and they wear different clothing to represent their countries. You could also see some of this diversity at the ISS variety show because of the different styles of dancing and music. 

This has been something that I really enjoy about ISS is getting to know kids from all around the world.  

My Visits to Yokohama

I've been to Yokohama three times.  The first time was when we went to meet dad's high school friends. The first time we ate yakiniku for dinner. Yakiniku is a delicious Korean BBQ.

We also went when mom was in Los Angels at a conference. We went to the Landmark Tower and it was a very clear day. We saw all of Tokyo and also Mt. Fuji from the top of the tower.

After we went to the tower, we went to the Cup Noodle museum. We learned a lot of history about the man who made the noodles. He was watching his wife make tempura and he got the idea for how to make dried noodles. My only disappointment was that we didn't make our own noodles.

But we had okonomiyaki for dinner which had noodles.

The most recent time we met the Watanabe family in Yokohama's Chinatown. We were so surprised and we couldn't contain our excitement because we found a panda store. I wish my friend Alix was here in Japan with us because she's crazy about pandas.