Just to make you all a little jealous, and to relieve my own urban-based stress, I will tell you a little about my plans for the summer. Soon after courses end at university I will fly to Minnesota for just under a week and go on a road trip throughout the Minnesota/Iowa/South Dakota region after which I will return to California for a week in order to prepare for my Japanese language final exam. A few days after that I will fly to Hong Kong with a leg in Macau before heading off to the Shanghai region for 2 1/2 weeks. After that, it will be back to rural California for about a week before flying to Montana for a month. Then it is back to rural California for two weeks before returning to the urban grind, grit, and disorder of San Francisco.
Boadicea's Chariot 
I’m exhausted just reading about it. Aren’t you popping in to Japan to practice your newly learned lingo? (It’s not all radio-active.)
Janus: I plan on travelling to South Korea and Japan next spring, my plans had to be postponed do to being out a few thousand quid on the account of lease fraud by an unethical company. Instead, I will be retreating into my retreat.
When will you be in Hong Kong?
Have a great trip. Sounds hectic – and fun! 🙂
Tocino: the 2nd week of June, will meet a friend there and take a flight to Shanghai together. I will be staying with a Chinese family.
Which reminds me… I will need Ferret’s services yet again.