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We have just arrived in Tokyo to spend the last few days of our Big Trip with Gordon and Aya. They have a lovely apartment on the 45th floor, from which we have a commanding view of the city, including the Hartford building nearby, where Gordon works. We have decided to go home from here, rather than continue for the planned nine months. We've had an incredible 5.5 month adventure traveling around the world. It's a rigorous, demanding lifestyle, believe it or not, and the group consensus (really, it was a 3 to 1 vote) is to cut short the trip and get back to a more routine life. Most of us (the 3) are very excited to be coming home soon and the other one of us is both excited and sad. We are on standby for a flight to Seattle on Sunday, 13 September (thanks, Dad!) so if all goes well, we'll be home sooner than we leave Tokyo, since we cross the international date line.

Keep checking back as we catch up with blog posts on China, Mongolia, and Japan and the return to stationary life.

Here then, is a log of the places we've visited on our trip:

Chicago, Illinois
Guatemala (Antigua, Flores, Tikal, Panajachel, Guatemala City)
Atlanta, Georgia
Spain (Malaga, Ibiza, Barcelona, Denia, Tarragona)
Marrakesh, Morocco
Italy (Pisa, Cinque Terra, Florence, Verona, Venice)
Paris, France
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hamburg, Germany
Antwerp, Belgium
London, England
Ireland
Beijing, China
Mongolia (Ulaan Bataar, camping in the countryside)
Tokyo, Japan