Well, last night I pulled back into Japan late, and began unpacking all my goodies from a really great trip. Later I’ll get my pictures together and post a bunch, but for now I’ll say that it was a really great time.
Thanks to everyone that we got to see and/or stay with. We had a couple of parties, did San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Disneyland, Universal Studios, the ocean, the redwoods, wineries, and lots and lots of shopping. We even taught an elementary school class with my dad. My vacation has left me completely exhausted.
The best part of the trip was spending so much time with Kuniko, and seeing America through her eyes. She did a great job with what must have been a stressful situation – experiencing a new country, living with new in-laws for a couple of weeks, and doing all of this in a foreign language. In the end California left a good impression on her, and I know she’s looking forward to visiting again.
While we were in America, one of my cats, Maggie, passed away. Unfortunately we were on a trip to Southern California when it happened, but at least I got to see her before we left. I had no idea that it would be the last time I would see her – she was a really loving cat.
It was a wild couple of weeks full of fun things, but it was also nice to have a couple weeks off from blogging everything. Now I’m back in the saddle, and I’ll do my best to report what’s going on.
