Thanks! I'm sure I'll be having lots of fun in Europe and Japan. The bad stuff...well, my family is coping.

I'm going to Japan to be an assistant English teacher, armed with a tiny bit of teaching experience and a tiny bit of Japanese. But I speak English real good, yar. The town I'm going to sounds absolutely fantastic, and is exactly the sort of place I'd hoped to be placed in.

I guess I should post some travel stories in my journal...but I'm totally lazy about that kind of thing. I'll try though. :>