Awesome news from Japan

Hello from Okinawa, the land of romance. We are in a rush to pack and move on to our next adventure, so I must make this short. For those of you whom we were unable to contact, it is true, Sarah and Hideki are engaged to be married.

We shall follow up shortly. As usual, we ask you to stay tuned.

As you may guess by the delay in updating this post, we are back in Tokyo. So many things have been happening that it is impossible to know where to start. From the beginning.... The photo above is the first published combined Aniya and Pinchevsky photo. I thought of pasting Tal and Mary's photo since they could not teleport from New York. So can you tell us apart? Piki and Yukino look like twins and act very much the same way. Hirokazu and I both have a white beard. But the similarities run much deeper than surface appearance. Before I ramble on too much, I must declare a very public thank you for their generosity. Their warmth and affection was out there well before the announcement of the engagement.

One evening which we enjoyed together highlights how messages from the heart can jump over the hurdles of language. The four of us, without the benefit of a human translator, sorry Hideki, went out for dinner. With only slight help from an electronic dictionary, we ate, drank some superlative Sake, and talked about many topics; our children, our lives and our hopes and beliefs. The evening passed too quickly but it quickly continued at their home for dessert, champagne and some karaoke. How can I describe such moments? This blog is too constraining as is my command if the language. Therefore, when we meet, ask us about this evening and we both shall be thrilled to repeat the event.

Marcel

Piki, as usual will soon follow with her version of the story