It was incredibly hard to choose. In the end, we decided on Japan because it would take us a full two weeks to see all the sights we wanted to see in Italy, and I can only be gone one week at a time. What we chiefly want to see in Japan is Tokyo, taking one or two easy day trips from there. Much simpler, and we won't have to constantly pack and unpack. So it's settled, and I've booked our flights.
Tomorrow is the third anniversary of Aries Moon.
When I started out there were less than 80 people on Open Pages, and the media had not yet discovered the online diary phenomenon. Some of my favorite writers weren't publishing yet, and others had been at it for a year already. I was the first wave after the vanguard, and am now considered one of the old guard by the majority of web diarists writing today. The first year I was thrilled to have 50 readers at the end of twelve months. The second year I doubled my readership.