October 29th, 2006: Last night with the host family. Last night in Japan

· Packing. “Please, oh, PLEASE let this only weigh 20 kilos”

· Walk through the neighborhood.

· The family takes me to a hot spring, including one of the best sauna experiences ever. In this sauna, you get to lie down (which is what I always want to do). You lie on a hot slab of rock for a half hour while they play relaxing music and a waterfall trickles in the background. Between that and the hotsprings, my muscles were mush!

· The Sushi bar. Get this, the food comes to you! Just please don’t sneeze.

· To the brewery for a good ol’ American combo of beer and pizza.

· A sad goodbye to the Kawakami family. Thank you for making my last week in Japan an eventful one.

· UWP stays at the Olympic Stadium.