World Tour
2000
- Trip 1: Dec 05 — from Austin, Texas by rental car to Beaumont, Texas
...to say goodbye to my parents.
- Dec 07 — by rental car to Kokomo, Indiana
...to say goodbye to my sister.
- Dec 10 — by car to Indianapolis, Indiana
- Dec 11 — by plane (overnight) to Tokyo, Japan; by plane to Fukuoka; by car to Kurume City
...this was the official start of my world tour, and I departed the U.S. in one of the worst blizzards I've ever seen; I stayed in Japan while Kumiko settled her affairs (winding down her piano-teaching career), and prepared to move out of her apartment; and, of course, we had many visits with family and friends to say farewell.
- Dec 16 — by car to Fukuoka; by plane to Okinawa
- Dec 18 — by plane to Fukuoka; by car to Kurume City
- Dec 29 — by car to Nagasaki
- Dec 30 — by car to Kurume City
- Dec 31 — day-trip (or rather night-trip) to Fukuoka
...to see New Year's fireworks show.
