Well, this is it.

And here begins the true adventure.

I'll be flying halfway around the world tomorrow to a country I have never seen. I'm finally leaving continental North America.

An incredibly long day, got my Visa, finished my training, and walked around for nearly five hours shopping. That was ended by having to look in a panic for the folder that one of my new coworkers left in Sears that contained, among other things, the substrate of all he had learned this week along with his actual itinerary for the flight tomorrrow morning. Had a last meal in Canada, at the Speakeasy, a local bar. Had a nice plain hamburger, with fries. Very tasty. I have a copy of Harper's to give to the guy that is meeting me in Japan, a box of chocolates for my new manager and students, and a flask of maple syrup for someone else. I'm packed, and I'm leaving at 12:45 tomorrow. I'll be landing at 2:00PM.

It's been a great, if intense, week. I'll be online as soon as I can. I need to plan my next couple of weeks on the flight over.

Let me end this by saying...good bye Canada. I'll miss you.

I should be updating again within a month (hopefully).

Ja mata!