Sunday, August 9, 2009

Arriving at Nihon

Guess who left his passport at home and realized it when we were checking in at the airport? Yes, that was a fine start to the day. (Karen, thank you so much for driving us to the airport and for asking us if we had everything on the way out.) As I was waiting in line while Willy took a taxi home to get his passport, people were joking with me that it was really my fault for not checking. I will leave that up to you. I was very surprised that I heard Willy calling my name as I approached our gate. He made it there the same time that I was just getting out of security!

I lost Cole's favorite book on the plane to Salt Lake. Needed more coffee.

The flight to Narita took my entire life. It was also uneventful. Cole was fine. We had a bassinet for him to sleep it so that was a big help. The food was also very good. He also got to crawl around because we had the whole 4 seat row to ourselves; the plane was not very full. Not a lot of Mormons going to Tokyo, I think. There were movies (I watched Star Trek; Willy watched The Soloist).

When we arrived, everyone was wearing surgical masks and we passed by a quarantine sign and people standing around looking like they would take your temperature if you had any symptoms. No problems with Customs; very easy.

We bought our train ticket and took a taxi to our hotel and then slept for 12 hours.

3 comments:

Paula's Posts said...

We cannot believe that you are there either! It looks like we all will have to live vicariously through the adventures of the Dallas family!

Anonymous said...

Sweet... take pictures of the little asian people... Willy's like Godzilla there! - John

Karen Kossow said...

I can't believe he forgot his passport! I think the phrase used was "yeah Marissa, I put them in your backpack!' Hmmm....

Glad you guys are there and it looks like you are having a wonderful time. The garden is doing great!!! Thanks for warning us about the 14 full size watermelons we are going to have to find a way to eat, lol : )