Day 1 in Tokyo, and we hit the streets early… not because we didn’t want to waste any time, mainly because of the crippling jet lag! We left the capsule hotel at 8am, and within ten seconds Hatti had seen her first vending machine, one of many thousand that populate the city. We found the venders to be largely similar, mainly variations of green tea, but the hope is to encounter machines that serve coffee / pizza / Mexican food etc.
I still can’t quite believe I’m typing this from our hostel in Tokyo! Although with the level of tiredness and jet-lag we felt when we touched down we may well have been hallucinating the whole thing.
We’ve been here for a couple of days now and already we’ve been exploring nonstop! But more on that later…
Our flights actually went quite well and to any of you who are aware of my previous history with baggage and long haul flights, you will be very pleased to hear that they showed up when we did!! Although I’m still glad I had packed a carry on bag with a supply of clothes and toiletries etc because it’s just not worth tempting fate. I would just like to add here that after our worry about over-packing and trying to travel light, neither of our bags weighed more than 12kg and while that may show just how little I’ve been lifting, I was so shocked and surprised at the check-in I did a little dance – the check-in lady wasn’t too impressed…
One day to go!
I felt it best I do this today when I have a little spare time as tomorrow will mostly be packing, sitting in airports and then on planes… with lots of free time on my hands.
Yesterday we left our humble abode in Aberdeen and headed down the road (via a trip round bits of Scotland) to where I now sit in Edinburgh.
Last night truly was our Shipping Out Shindig: drinks were drank, shapes were thrown, songs were sung and laughs were most definitely had! So as I type this, feeling a bit tired and tender (and that’s just my feet- heels are no ones friend) I would like to start by saying a huge thank you to everyone who was able to come along last night, James, Natalie and myself, had such a fantastic time and we hope you did too! We couldn’t have asked for a better night, or a better group of people to spend it with.
1 Week to go!
As I type this, I think about how quickly this previous week has gone and how the next will only go quicker. I’ve more or less struck it off in my brain as a whirlwind of excitement, packing and general disorientation and then before we know it, we’ll be in the air on our way to start our Grande Adventure!