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We had a happy visit today, Carla Salom, the individual representative from Spain in 2005 came to Nagoya for a visit with three of her friends. Here is her profile for WCS 2005 (sorry only Japanese):

http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/wcs/2005/spain/index.html

They will be moving on to Tokyo the day after tomorrow but it was really good to see her again. We had dinner at an izakaya called Yama-chan where they serve wonderful tebasaki and miso dishes, famous in the Central Japan area. The TVA staff did their best to get off work early and move their schedule around to be there and see Carla again. We ate a lot, talked about the preliminary round in Spain at "Salon del Manga" and the other preliminaries that are taking place in a number of countries now. We also reminisced about friends we have made and experiences we shared. Of note Pol the multi-talented and super helpful translator plus the hard working organizer from "Salon del Manga" Mr. Carlas Santa Maria came up in conversation. Greetings from all and hope everything went well in Spain! Finally those who were able to go to karaoke did so. Here is a shot of the evening: