Okaeri ne...

I had a lovely final dinner with Rupert, Rebecca, Patrick, and my friend Lauren who I studied with at University in Oregon and knew as well in Tokyo. I then slept for just a few hours, waking up at 3.30 am to have a morning sit with Rupert. With my bags hoisted, I walked to the bus, caught the tube, cleared customs and check in, and flew to New York while watching my first movie since my flight to Prague in June. I waited 5-6 hours at JFK, then flew to Dallas, and finally to Colorado Springs. The next day my mom and I drove back to Salida, where I am now, tired and bewildered and a little out of sorts and deflated as I usually feel upon returning to this country.

Here is a photo taken upon leaving Dallas of a very red sun burning into the horizon... no way a photograph could have captured how amazing this was...

Oh, and some photos are now online. To see some Prague photos, go to... http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=bjovs9y.23o0bz2y&Uy=rs66uh&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0

For Terezin concentration camp, go to http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=bjovs9y.a5is9mhm&Uy=-cmyqjd&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0

You can see them by signing in or by pressing the option to enter the album without signing in. I suggest viewing them via slideshow, otherwise they are so small!