Heading for home...

This hotel has free internet, so I have to take advantage.

Just a quick update, because Erik and I are hoping to do something fun for our last night.

We spent four days in Tokyo. What an adventure to go from rurual Ohda to the metropolis of Tokyo. More details to come, but some highlights included a day at the Sumo basho, a trip to the fish market, and a baseball game.

We headed to Osaka last night to have dinner with one of Steve:s friends, stayed there last night, and today headed for Kyoto for the day (not much to do in Osaka). Saw some wonderful things in Kyoto, then tried to avoid the fact that it was time to say good bye to Steve (he somehow thought we were leaving today...so he had to head back to Ohda tonight). We took the same train heading for Osaka, but he stayed on, and we had to get off, so it made for a quick and relatively painless gooodbye. We will see him again in France sometime, and can t thank him enough for such a wonderful vacation.

So, now we are in Osaka, dreading the return of real life. So many things to think about in preparation for France, but it will all have to wait until we land from the painful 13 hour flight home.

We hope everyone is well, and look forward to catching up with everyone, (and sharing our photos...there are sooo many).

We ll talk to you soon,
Torie and Erik :)