The flight home...

Saturday - June 14, 2013

This morning we were met with another unreal surprise.  Some of the Technos students traveled all the way out the airport to say goodbye again and to give gifts.  The airport is like 90 - 120 minutes away from Technos.  They stayed up all night making CDs of photos for the students.  They wanted to include photos from the closing ceremonies so they stayed up all night making the CDs.  Amazing.  The HWS gang got one last picture with Yuji.

We were supposed to try and look tough in this picture.  Alex and Dayana do not look tough with those smiles. hahaha

As we reached the airport, Dayana broke off from Alex and me.  She had a different flight home than we did.  Alex and I grabbed a quick little lunch and, well, flew home.  No upgrades this time but that was ok.  We landed in D.C. and split to our respective final flights.  I was really proud of both of them.  I thought Alex and Dayana both represented HWS very well.

So that was the trip.  I'm not even going to try and sum it all up in one perfect final paragraph.  If you've followed along this far, you know that just isn't possible.  I hope this blog was enjoyable and I hope it can serve as a tool for future participants of the Technos 2013 program.  All I can say is, if you have the chance to apply, you should.  I'd been to 20 countries before this trip and I've had all sorts of travel experiences but it's rare to get a chance to experience a country like this.  Of those 20 countries, there are very few that I can say that, because of my travels there, I truly now have friends in that country.  I can definitely say that about Japan.

Reluctant shopping
for first pair of house slippers.
Tanaka smiles.

Technos International Week 2013