Kitty Comstock

Contact information

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Email: kitty@trainersfriend.com

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Trip-related background

• Previous visits to Japan:
  • 1982 - month in Asia
  • 1989 - visit Sakais; sell materials to Japanese company
  • 1995 - Shino's wedding; adult trip to Takayama
  • 1997 - chaperone students
  • 2002 - chaperone students
  • 2005 - Akiko's 60th birthday
  • 2011 - Lead adult trip with Steve

• Japanese language ability:
  • Conversation: basic
  • Reading and writing: none

• Other Connections with Japan
  • Longtime neighbors / friends, Sakai
  • Active in Denver / Takayama Sister Cities (past president)

What I hope to get from this adventure:

• I'd like to get a deeper understanding of the history of the cities and temples
• I want to be able to navigate around Kyoto and Hiroshima using local transportation more confidently
• Increase my Japanese vocabulary.

Things about me I'd like to share (work, family, personal history, hobbies, interests):

• Work
  • My main work focus has been marketing computer training to large corporations, and providing support services to our business
  • I also currently work part time for the English Speaking Union doing secretarial and support tasks for this non-profit

• Family
  • Our son Marc lives in Albuquerque, NM
  • I grew up in Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO
  • I am the oldest of five children
  • I attended Mac Murray College in Jacksonville, IL, majoring in music education

• Interests
  • Knitting
  • Drawing
  • Acting in commercials through Maximum Talent agency
  • Physical exercise
  • Music
  • Theater
  • People and their stories