Travel Day Miscellaneous

Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 -- 7:10 am

Fukuoka, Japan

It's a national holiday here in Japan today and the usually bustling streets of Fukuoka are quiet. We're literally on our way out the door (well, Ed's in the shower yet) so you'll get to see some photos today with little commentary.

Peter and Ed did laundry last Friday morning and the images of tall Peter with the laundry man are great contrast of human form. Enjoy. Ask Ed sometime about the language barrier being broken on laundry day.

You'll hear more later this week about the ATM Adventures (we were calling it a crisis at first). Here's a photo of the famous 7-11 convenience store where the infamous ATM is located. Convenience stores serve as quasi banks here. More on that later.

Finally, here's Peter's photo from the souvenir book. From this photo you gain a perspective about his job as a performer with the Japanese company that owns the Blast Tour here in Japan.

Lastly, it's been great to blog from Japan. I've really appreciated the emails and comments. I'll add several more posts, but the immediacy will be gone as I'll be writing from Michigan.

So, we head back to the U. S. today, flying over Sarah Palin-land, with an ETA in Detroit of 11:45 am. This has been a fabulous experience for both of us.