Our flight to London was delayed by an hour so we missed our connection to Zürich. They rebooked us on a later flight, which means the challenge is now to stay awake for three more hours in Heathrow. And we did indeed end up in business class, in sears that lay down flat, so I…
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On our way!
Hello from the British Airways seekrit departure lounge, an amenity we’re entitled to on the way out but not the way back, because I managed—I have no idea how—to score an upgrade to business class on the flight out. We should be in those seats that fold all the way down into beds, and seated…
Better than Kobe: Takayama Japan, 2015
In the last post but one, where we attended the cooking class in Kyoto that featured Kobe beef, we teased that the Kobe was not the tastiest beef we had in Japan. And in fact, we had tastier beef two days later, in Takayama.
Our worst meal in Japan, 2015
(Finishing up a few remaining posts before we start our next trip.) On my first visit to Japan, with a friend, we had the best meal of the trip and the worst meal of the trip within 24 hours of each other. We’d gone to Koya-san, the temple complex, and stayed in a temple for…
Testing
Testing out our crossposting from the travel blog as it won’t be too long before we set out on our next big trip.
Jet lag and Oji Inari Shrine
Still jet lagged; when we got home yesterday at 2PM or so, Toby managed to stay awake until 10PMish, while I crashed at 4, got up to eat dinner, crashed again, then got up to watch Toby play Assassin’s Creed for a while, then crashed when Toby went to bed. Toby got up about 6AM,…
Yay
Flight at 9:54; the 9:09 time printed in the boarding passes is actually boarding time. It’s now 8:53 and we’re sitting at the gate waiting. Sent from my Apple ][e
Arg
Our plane is a little under an hour late to Chicago at the moment, which means instead of a decent 2-hour layover, we get a 1-hour layover to collect our bags, go through Customs, and get to our next flight, one terminal over. Something tells me we’re probably not making it. Bah. Sent from my…
Waiting…
Our tickets get us access to the Sakura Lounge at Narita Airport before our flight. Taking advantage of the power points and the free wifi to top up our devices while farting about on the intertubes. One hour before we take off for home! Sent from my Apple ][e
Heh
Guy standing next to is waiting for the train is doing Tai Chi. I think he’s drunk. Sent from my TRS-80