On Our Way

We were up at 3:20 to catch our 7 am flight to Seattle. Our ride was to pick us up at 4. We called at 3:55 and woke him up. A bit of a late start but no problem. There was no traffic on the way to the airport so we were there in record time. Two hour flight to Seattle then a 2 hour layover then on to Tokyo. We had the seats that lay down fully so even though we flew during the day, we were able to nap after being up so early. It was 10 hours and 45 minutes, fighting a 140+ mph headwind. But it was a fairly calm flight. I watched 3 movies. 

Narita airport is very large but runs smoothly. We went thru customs and picked up our luggage within half an hour. The bus ticket counter was right outside baggage claim. We purchased our tickets to the Ambassador Hotel at Tokyo Disneyland then had to wait an hour for our bus. Probably a good thing as Mel realized he had left his jacket on the plane. We found a phone to Delta Baggage and told them his problem. The gal at Delta went to the plane then brought the jacket to him near where we were to catch the bus. Great service. 

By the time we got to the hotel it was after 6 pm local time but 2 am to us. We walked around the hotel then went to Ikspari, the large shopping mall next door. We needed to stay awake until at least 9 to acclimate to the correct time zone. Lights out by 9:30 but at 1 am I I was wide awake. I did sleep a bit after that but not much. Hope we both sleep better tonight!