and this chapter will soon end

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My futon has been rolled up and placed into its designated spot inside the closet while the keys to the front door of my apartment have been taken off their key ring and returned to the caretakers. As expected, the semester ended with a halt and before it had time to process I was moving onward yet again. After spending a week in Seoul, Korea I returned to Tokyo, Japan for what I thought would be my new home for the remainder of the summer. Plans have since changed and by the end of this month I will be returning home to Tennessee. I am looking forward to seeing familiar faces, speaking in English, and most importantly having a double order of hash browns scattered, covered, smothered at the Waffle House. For all of you who have continued reading my stories throughout the year I want to say thank you for keeping up with and staying interested in my travels. For my friends around the world thank you for your companionship and support. I am confident that soon we will meet again and when we do it will be like we never separated at all. It is only the beginning and we have many more memories to create together. To my American friends it will be mere days before we will begin catching up with one another.

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Photos

The old with the new
A glance of modern Korea mixed with contemporary Korea

Me and a few of my closest friends
Koreans like to drink and that's all I have to say.

Endan making gyouza
Chineese dumplings, pronounced gyouza in Japanese, are delicious and one of my top 10 favorite foods I have eaten in Japan.

If you think that's Hard Core
. . . then you should have seen me take him down right after that picture was taken. . .what you don't think I got what it takes?

Kyoto's Maiko
Kyoto is known for traditional Geisha and anytime one visits it is quite likely that they will see them.

My big Sis, A big crab, and I
April and I chillin in one of the hotspots in Osaka, Japan.

This is my Friend
He Loves the Hanshin Tigers and so do I.