Quick Update
No, I'm not dead, just busy. We're nearing the end of a several camp long stretch here, and as such, I haven't had a lot of internet time. I have plenty of pictures and stories to post once I get back, but in the meantime it will have to suffice that camp has been going pretty well. We actually just got off of two really good camps at Suzuka, so the team I'm working with is in pretty high spirits.
Tonight the rest of the teams should arrive here in Nagoya. We're being put up in a youth hostel, which sucks. The rooms are really tiny, and there is a 10pm curfew. We do head off to our last camp before the homestay tomorrow, so it won't matter much anyway I suppose.
So, one more camp, at Asahi Kogen, and then 6 days off. It's been a long time since our last homestay, but we've had a few days off here and there, mainly prep days or travel days, so a little work was involved as well. It's hard to believe that we only have two camps left after this next one, with 10 days of homestay!
It does look like I will be going to Kyoto for my homestay, with a possible sidetrip to Nara and Hiroshima, for a couple of reasons, lack of time to investigate going anywhere else being the most prominent. First, I have to get my rail pass, which I will hopefully purchase today or tomorrow morning.