It has been a few days since I have been able to write. The hotel that I am staying in in Shimonoseki does not have Internet in all of the rooms and unlucky me didn’t get one of the rooms that does have it. SO…..anyway, the first day that we were in Shimonoseki, we visited the University of Yamaguchi and met with the professors there. I was able to sit in on a couple of lectures. Then we had lunch at a very nice restaurant and headed to see the mayor (actually it was the deputy mayor because the mayor was away on business) and the superintendent of Shimonoseki schools, and also the board of education. I had to give a speech thanking them. I was nervous because I was saying part of it in Japanese! It was fine though, and everyone said I did a good job. After that, we checked into our hotel (my room is REALLY small)! We had a little time to change and relax and then we set off to a welcome reception that was held for us. At the welcome reception, they prepared lots of food for us, a taiko drum band which was AWESOME and we got to meet the families that we will stay with. My family is very very nice. They don't speak much English and I don't speak much Japanese so we may end up doing a lot of sign language! I will go stay with them on Saturday and Sunday. We all like baseball, so at least I know they will they will like the Houston Astros shirt I bought. They have two very cute little kids. They were shy with me but I think they will warm up. That was pretty much the end of the evening. We headed home and went to bed early. I am tired all the time here. Not sure if it is because of the busy schedule or jet lag still.
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