In the morning I pick up Angelica and Beatriz to drive to the airport and get my suitcases. They are so well behaved – it's amazing and sweet. My two suitcases are securely looked away and ready. The lady from customs just has a quick look and off I go. We look at an airplane so they can breathe some of the wide world. Then we head back. At home I check the suitcases – everything is there. US Customs just opened the flash light again, not as carefully as the Swiss though: the gift wrapping is gone for sure. Mr. Sakurai and I spend the next two hours fixing the flash light. Then I did what I knew would be difficult: Giving them the laptop. After another hour laughing and teasing about it they happily accepted it. Again I violated Japanese customs: you are only allowed to bring little things...
Slowly we also start to pack. Slowly only applies for me though because Mrs. Sakurai has it all ready including an emergency food stack with a gas cooker that she says her husband wants by any means. She tells me she just wants to make sure that she can cook at midnight when her husband gets hungry – I live in the wrong place or do not get the joke (I'll see).
We also decide that Beatriz and Angelica can come along with us. It's a surprise for them.
At midnight I go to bed ready for the trip.
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