It looks like blogspot figured it out and I am so grateful! Now where to begin. I have been so overwhelmed going through all the photos and picking the best and putting tags on them. Sometimes it is hard to figure out which photos would be the best to show others; there are ones that mean a lot to me, but I know probably don't hold much to anyone else reading.
Really the best thing about having the video trouble is that I am now a little more articulate about my experience. When I first returned, everything was amazing, great, terrific!!! Don't get me wrong it was all that and more, in fact it was such a whirlwind trip that I think it left me with more questions than I had before. We received such a surface introduction to the country and its culture that it is hard to feel like I can even speak intellectually at all about it. I find myself researching different aspects of my trip because there was no time to digest it all.
The Japanese General Consulate in San Francisco hoped that we would "experience his country by hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling it." Of course, us Americans, giggled at the thought of smelling the country, but he was so right. We had to dive right in and experience everything in every manner to truly come away with an honest understanding of the incredibly gentle, honorable, polite, gracious people of Japan.
It is only when you step back that you realize the impact that your experiences will make in your life. This trip has been a small pebble in a great lake. I can't wait to see, feel, hear, and taste its ripples.
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