Tuesday January 8th
Get up at 6am for last minute stuff, including packing. Micou comes over for breakfast, except there is no breakfast, as I am taking my last Typhoid vaccine, and cannot eat. Coffee & just coffee for her, sorry Micou! She doesn't hold a grudge, and still helps me get ready with the best chores: dishes, garbage, etc. Yep, friends:-) I drop her at her work, middle of nowhere but very convenient to get back on highway to airport, 15 minutes later my rental car was handed back and I was in the shuttle to the airport. I only had hand luggage (and praise www.onebag.com for this), had printed my boarding pass, so another 15 minutes and I was in front of my gate. Way too early! Checked the Northwest Lounge, nothing much, but very quiet. They served Fetzer wine, thought of Rick.
The excitement of the morning was being able to squeeze my toothpaste through security, even though it's bigger then the 3oz bottle allowance. Ah, the little joys of modern travel. Finally time to board, on the plane got 2 seats to myself, very comfy with tons of movies (ok, not as many as on Virgin Atlantic). I ended up watching "Into the Wild" and "The Beach". 2 journeys, that's about all the similarities.
I had requested Vegetarian Asian when I picked my seats. Don't ask me why, I guess I thought I wouldn't have enough Asian food on this trip. Anyway, main meal was blend, but the snack was fabulous: some sort of sauteed potatoes with steamed apples and warm peaches:-) Unusual but very yummy.
I had a change of flight in Tokyo, the area around my boarding gate for next flight was straight out of a so so cool artsy club. White leather multi-level couches, ambient lights, you can get an idea from the picture.
Get up at 6am for last minute stuff, including packing. Micou comes over for breakfast, except there is no breakfast, as I am taking my last Typhoid vaccine, and cannot eat. Coffee & just coffee for her, sorry Micou! She doesn't hold a grudge, and still helps me get ready with the best chores: dishes, garbage, etc. Yep, friends:-) I drop her at her work, middle of nowhere but very convenient to get back on highway to airport, 15 minutes later my rental car was handed back and I was in the shuttle to the airport. I only had hand luggage (and praise www.onebag.com for this), had printed my boarding pass, so another 15 minutes and I was in front of my gate. Way too early! Checked the Northwest Lounge, nothing much, but very quiet. They served Fetzer wine, thought of Rick.
The excitement of the morning was being able to squeeze my toothpaste through security, even though it's bigger then the 3oz bottle allowance. Ah, the little joys of modern travel. Finally time to board, on the plane got 2 seats to myself, very comfy with tons of movies (ok, not as many as on Virgin Atlantic). I ended up watching "Into the Wild" and "The Beach". 2 journeys, that's about all the similarities.
I had requested Vegetarian Asian when I picked my seats. Don't ask me why, I guess I thought I wouldn't have enough Asian food on this trip. Anyway, main meal was blend, but the snack was fabulous: some sort of sauteed potatoes with steamed apples and warm peaches:-) Unusual but very yummy.
I had a change of flight in Tokyo, the area around my boarding gate for next flight was straight out of a so so cool artsy club. White leather multi-level couches, ambient lights, you can get an idea from the picture.
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