NEO will take it's summer holiday starting this Sunday. Dave and Shawn in 2005Ayumi and I will travel to America. We are going to be there for about 2 weeks. First we will visit Boston and stay with Shawn-sensei. Do you remember Shawn? He taught at NEO from 2007-2009 and now he is a professional photographer in Boston. We will also travel with one friend from Saidaiji who is also Shawn's friend. We plan to go whale watching, eat lobster and visit some historical places.

I also have some friends and family in Boston. There are 4 or 5 friends from university, 2 cousins and an aunt. Hopefully I will have a chance to meet everybody.

After 5 days in Boston, we will go to my hometown, Quarryville, Pennsylvania. We will visit with family and friends. My family will have a very huge cookout at a park in my hometown. I think about 30 people will come, my grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Nick and RJ also have some travel plans. Nick is going to go to Thailand for a few days with some friends and RJ is taking his two sons to his hometown in Florida. They will write some blog posts after they get back.

Have a great summer holiday and please don't forget to study English a little bit!