Brittany's cousin Jenny lived in Japan for a year. In March, 2004 Brittany and another cousin Kathy took the opportunity to visit her there for several weeks. She would like to go back there some day. She got the travel bug again in August 2004 and Brittany and her friend Joanna traveled to Europe for three weeks. Joanna has family in Ireland and England so they had places to stay while there. It was a wonderful experience for all of them.