Last day ... Heading home!
And just like that, we've reached the end of our trip. Our students spent Saturday touring Tokyo with the Rikkyo University students, and then did some exploring on their own on Sunday. Tokyo is a BIG city, and so we only saw a part of it. I know that many of the group would like to stay longer!We finished up with our 'farewell' dinner at Gonpachi, which is a neat restaurant patterned after one of those ninja houses you see in the Japanese movies -- or in "Kill Bill". We ate in the same room in which Prime Minister Koizumi hosted George Bush in 2002.
And now it's Monday morning. We're still at the hotel, but we'll be leaving in about an hour and a half for the airport, and home. It's been an incredible, memorable trip. The students have experienced cultures and been to places -- the Great Wall, Mt. Everest, Mt. Fuji -- that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
We will see you back in Pittsburgh!
posted by Dr. William Spangler @ 9:07 AM
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