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We got in last night, got settled, got noodles, and went to bed. It's now 12:15 am. Aside from a 2 hour afternoon nap, morleyroarly and I have been up since 4am local time, and tromping around Tokyo since 5.

No cell service or SMS, but the iphone is a passable wifi device.

Pictures soon. Sleep now.

I leave for Japan in a few hours. Mostly everything is done and ready.

The itinerary of where we're staying:
Tokyo (Tsukiji!)
Kyoto
A temple on a mountainside outside of Osaka
Hiroshima
Kakunodate, in Akita
Tokyo

I'll be posting to Flickr as often as I can, likely not writing much until I get home.

Love all y'all!

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Today I told my mom I actually am coming to visit her in Virginia in January, which means I'm also going to DC, NYC, and Boston. Then home for about 10 days, then to SF for a conference at the end of the month and from there... 2 weeks in Japan.

I blame morleyroarly, who said "I'm quitting, you're not working, let's go travel!" After a month of haggling and ( Read more... )