I know it has been a long time since I posted. :-( The 6 months in Hawaii were fantastic and I got quite used to walking to the beach every morning for a swim in the ocean and then sitting under the palm trees with a cold diet coke and watching all the people on the beach. I enjoyed it so much I may go there again next year!
I have been in Tokyo since 10/1 and I am, again, studying Japanese full-time at a school here. I'm here for 3 months this time and then in December expect to head down to Thailand for a month. School is tough, but going well and I have met some good friends from various countries at school. On Saturday 11/3 six of went on a daytrip to Nikko and that was a lot of fun! I went there on my own in 1988, with school friends in 1992, and with school friends in 2004.
