Well, after traveling and teaching in China, I couldn't wait to get out and experience the world again. I was teaching in Milton, Vermont, and an email was forwarded by my superintendent at the time about a three week Fulbright exchange to Japan.
The last day the application was to be post-marked, I made it to the post office at 4:53pm. A few weeks later, I was notified that I had been accepte to go to Japan for three weeks in October of 2005. Again, an amazing experience to talk to teachers from all over the U.S., and then to travel to Japan to experience their culture, their schools, and learn about their values and lives.
We spent the first several days in Tokyo, and then we traveled off to our host cities. I was in the group that traveled to Kurume, located on the northern tip of one of Japan's islands. While in Kurume, we visited a university, an elementary school, a middle school, a technical high school, and a local indigo shop. I also spent a weekend with a wonderful host family and went karyoke-hoping until 3am! It was such a blast! We then came back to Tokyo for a final few days before heading back the States. Somewhere around here, I decided I really liked to travel. More plans needed to be made...
