Japan, the journal : days 1-2
What does a writer on vacation do? Write. Every day of our ten day trip, we jotted down notes, impressions and detailed lists of everything we saw and did. We also took hundreds of photos. Over the next few posts, I’ll give you the summary of our adventure. Day 1 (kind of) : We started out on Saturday morning, driving to the airport before the sun came up, riding the bus and tram with luggage in tow. After check in, much of our time was waiting- waiting to board, waiting to arrive in Toronto, waiting for the connecting flight, and waiting and waiting and waiting to reach Japan. If you’re ever going on a 13 hour plane ride, invest in the premium economy seats. It makes a world of difference, especially if you’re tall and have achy knees like my husband. Then, there was waiting in immigration, waiting for luggage, waiting in line for customs inspection. Finally, we could consider ourselves officially in Japan on Sunday even...