Good question if it was the old or new level.. when did it change? a friend of mine took the N2 this year :) I’m nowhere near as good as her.
Constant practice is the only way not to decline.. reading manga or japanese blogs/newssites as well as watching TV/Streaming seems like the way to go but that’ll take some practice ^_^ at least that’s what did it for me with english… Hopefully I’ll find something that catches my interest this time!
I’ll be sure to visit some tourist traps like (nearly everything in?) Kyoto or Nara or Ise or places like that, but I’d like to order a dish of udon in some backwater village as well without stumbling over my words.. well I’ve got until May 2016 for that!
Thank you for the links!
And Happy new Year to you all as well!
P.S.:I’m happy to have my english corrected as well if there are errors ;)