Hey Everyone!!!
We are back from our adventures in China and Korea. We had an AMAZING time and will write more about it as soon as we can. We are slowly uploading pictures so please see the picassa site for your viewing pleasure. Keep in mind we store our pictures on google for our own needs so not all pictures are fun to look at, in fact some are boring- sorry but that's how it goes. And I promise one of these days I'll title the photos so you can know what you're looking at.
We just got back last week from vacation and celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary. It was a lot of fun but now it's time to get down to bidness because guess what.....WE ARE HEADING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a heck of a year and now we begin our journey back home, but we aren't just bringing ourselves- we are bringing a crew: 4 Japanese school kids for a two week adventure around America! Tada!!
Some of you will be getting this update twice- sorry- but I wanted to double check with some of you on the details of our plans since you are most likely a part of them in some way or another. Attached is an Itinerary of the trip but below is a highlights list of the spots we will be hitting up. Take note I did it by state so if you don't want to read the whole sha-bang just read the parts you feel are relevant to you.
In short if you would like to meet up with us and the kids please see the itinerary and let me know so we can arrange it. The more the merrier- the kids will be excited to meet any and all of you under almost any circumstances...haha.....anyways- please read below for details and below that for some more fun info!
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August 2nd-August16th
Chicago:
We arrive in Chicago on August 2nd at 2:30pm. We will catch another plane to NYC at 6:00pm that same day.
NYC:
We will be in NYC from August 2nd-August5th
Washington DC
We will be in DC from August 5th- August 6th
North Carolina
We will be in Salisbury NC from August 6th-10th
We plan on hanging out in the Salisbury area, possibly hitting up Asheville on the 9th on our way to Lexington KY
Kentucky
We will be in Versailles and Lexington KY from August 10th-13th
We plan on visiting my family but are relatively free for one or two afternoons.
We will see a horse farm and possibly go swimming. In the evening we will have cookouts with my family.
Any are welcome to attend.
Indiana
We will head to Indianapolis on August 13th and will stay until the 15th
On the 13th we plan on making a stop in Hanover Indiana to see Hanover College
We would like to have a lunch with some professors and friends of Hanover and walk around Madison. Please let me know if you can come and we can plan a lunch date somewhere as a big group.
Indianapolis
The 13th-15th We will hit up the Indiana state fair and on the 14th have a big dinner with friends and family hopefully in Broad Ripple at Bazbeaux's. Please let me know if you are interested.
Chicago
On the 15th we will head to Chicago and stay with some friends who live there. We will hopefully see some of the city in our time there. The kids fly out of Chicago on August 16th.
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After the 16th Isaac and I plan on driving the rental van back to Salisbury North Carolina where we plan to stay for a couple weeks before heading back to Indiana to farm with our friend Scott Hensley in N. Manchester Indiana. We do not know how long this will go on but we are thinking we will be farming until winter. Then who knows......hopefully we will have some source of income but we aren't holding our breath. I'm only half kidding.
If you're free or have any interest in meeting us during or after our tour with the kids please let me know. We want to see you all and we will have some time to kill since we have no obligations for the Fall.
On a side note I have made business cards for a small business I am starting up in Homestay and Cultural Exchange. I will be planning trips for Japanese friends, co-workers and acquaintances who are interested in educational travel, cultural exchange and English learning. If you are interested in being a host family for Japanese tourists/students please let me know. And in turn, if you yourself are interested in homestay and cultural exchange, or even just pen pal relationships, with the beautiful country of Japan- no matter your age or language ability- I will be happy to organize and lead trips.
I will have more information on the Homestay and Cultural Exchange programs later on in August along with a website, but for now I am generating interest so please let me know.
All in all, things are looking fantastic. Please let me know if you can meet up with us when we return and about your interest in the Cultural Exchange program.
Can't wait to see you all.
With Love
Erin (and Isaac says hello!)
