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 In about 20 minutes I will be driven for my PCR test to confirm I am covid negative.  This is the last hurdle to overcome before heading home.  Well, that and finishing packing for the third time.  I didn't get things back in the suitcases after unpacking last night.  Instead, I spread stuff on the floor and started making piles or stacks of things.  It helps me play Tetris with my items and get a more efficient distribution.

I don't know if I mentioned this, but I weigh the bags by standing on the bathroom scale then picking up one of them.  As long as I keep the weight near 20 kg per bag, I'm in good shape.

Due to flight changes and such, my final itinerary isn't great.  I leave Tokushima at 11:45 am and arrive in Haneda at 1:05 pm.  My flight to Detroit leaves Haneda at 6:25 pm and lands at 5:31 pm (12 hours in the air).  I get to sit in Detroit until 10:45 pm and land at MBS at 11:32.  In all, from the time I get on a plane to the time I meet Jen and the boys at MBS it's about 25 hours.  As of now, I plan to eat a cheeseburger in Detroit.

Speaking of food, for lunch today Susan and I went to Grano, which is the first restaurant in Tokushima I ate at.  I had pizza, but unlike any pizza I've ever eaten.  It was whitebait (shirasu, しらす), sudachi, shiso, a little cheese, and seaweed strips after it baked. 

I will let you all know this is not typical Japanese pizza.  The chef at Grano likes to invent dishes.  Susan said she had never seen anything like this.  It was very good.  I would eat it again.  Even in my final days in Japan I'm still getting to try new foods.  That's a win for me.