I met Hajime in Philadelphia at the Chamanoux Mansion Hostel in March when I was there for the Public Library Association conference. He had been in English school in Calgary, Canada, and was starting his two months of traveling by Discovery Pass on the bus all over the United States. I invited him to stay with us when he came through. He arrived on Saturday morning, kind of rainy, but we walked around downtown Omaha, saw the huge First National Bank Pioneers Progress sculpture for several blocks with buffalo and flying geese, went through the Old Market, ate at Hiro 88, the first Japanese food he's had on his trip. Drove down to the Missouri River's Lewis and Clark Landing, up to the River City Queen, and to the Malcolm X Birthsite. We went to the Asian Market and he bought food to make us a supper of sushi and OkonomiYaki, then we went to the Omaha Symphony to see the Wizard of Oz, out to Cold Stone Cremery for ice cream. He left early the next morning to go to Rapid City to see Mount Rushmore, and to Salt Lake City and back. He will go with us to Heidi and Dakota's wedding and then continue his travels. It has been fun having him as our guest!
