Tuesday night I was scrambling to get all the loose ends tied up: print boarding passes, photocopy passport & visas, take some clothing out to make room for stuff I'm going to pick up during the journey. It really didn't hit me until I was wrapping up. On Wednesday, I would be leaving the comfort of the US and instead of communicating through English, I would have to resort to a month long game of charades. And forget about the trying to be rested to fight jet lag thing. I ended up getting 3 hours of sleep failing to subdue by anxiety/excitement so I could fall asleep.
Before I knew it, Wednesday was underway. It kinda flew. As fast as 15 hours on a plane and 4 hours in an airport can fly. For my 1st leg which was EWR to ORD, I was pleasantly upgraded to 1st class (my 1st time!). It is super comfy. No fighting anyone for the armrest. For my 2nd flight, I had the economy plus seats from United. It is amazing what 5 extra inches means in terms of comfort. Here is a little guy that you are going to see a lot of in my upcoming travels.
I slept for a total of 3 hours on the plane. Fighting sleep with two movies, Crazy, Stupid Love and They Way, Suits, How I Met Your Mother, and reading...
View of the sunset/sunrise?
Mountains of Northern Japan
Now I sit in NRT eating some expensive airport food...
Cyall soon.. have to catch my flight to BKK...
Wow you are in Narita already? The world has gotten so small!!! mMM~ I love that airport haha, especially the Duty Free~~ and is that the restaurant with all the fake food on display~ YUM!
ReplyDeleteThis blog is awesome, how many people have a chance to do this? I'm both happy for you and envious of you! Can't wait to see more posts~ be safe and have fun!!!! We miss you here already~~
p.s. being First Class, did you enjoy watching the "poor parade" file past you as you stretched out? LOL We miss you here already~~