Alan is between jobs and has the month off, so this is a good time for me to visit his family in Tokyo again and meet almost 5-month-old Seraphina! He upgraded the international leg of my flight to Business Class, so I could be more comfortable. I still had a lot of anxiety since there were bad storms predicted all over the eastern US, and I only had slightly over one hour for my layover in JFK airport. Alan had scheduled me for a wheelchair when we booked my ticket, which was a little embarrassing, but he said that way they would guarantee that I would make my connection! It was nice since they let me pre-board, plus it was a long way between the gates at the NY airport. I would have had time to walk there, but my backpack is heavy. We had to make two passes to land at JFK, because of the turbulence, and that was a little scary.
The 14.5 hour flight was pretty uneventful. I had a seat that flattened into a nice bed, but still only slept for a few brief snatches. The buttons on all the seat and lighting controls were hard to figure out, and I had to ask an attendant how to flush the toilet. (The button is way over in the corner!) The food was pretty good, but I could not finish the main meal. Alan had set up an eSIM on my phone which I switched to when we landed, so I could tell him where I was in the airport.
One really cool thing was the forward and rear live cameras mounted on the aircraft!
We could not get money added to my watch for entry to the train, and there were long lines to buy a paper ticket, so we finally took a taxi to their apartment. The boys seemed excited to see Grandma!
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| My little space |
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| Appetizer |
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| Dinner! More than I could eat! |
