Our plane wasn’t scheduled to leave until 5:05pm so we
had time in the morning to sleep in a little and then go to the area of town
that is the major electronic area so we got on the subway and rode two spots to
the shopping area.
It was about a 5 square block area and just jammed with
every kind of electronic and game type store.
We walked around, bought a few souvenirs and then took the subway back
to the hotel.
As a shuttle bus to the airport was $60.00 and a cab was
$200.00 we took a short cab ride to the airport shuttle bus location. The only problem we had was where we were
dropped off was across a huge street from the bus stop. So, we had to roll our suitcases across the
street where we met a very nice man who was responsible for loading everyone on
the bus and he helped with the suitcases.
The bus ride took 1 ½ hours and then we arrived at the
airport at about 3:00pm.
On flight from Tokyo was on Japan Airlines on a new 787 and
what a difference between US carriers and Japan Air. We had great food, great service and everyone
was always smiling. We have a totally new respect and appreciation
for the Japanese culture.
Tokyo is like most big cities except it is cleaner, the
people are very friendly and they go out of their way to help you. Also their transportation system works. Other nice thing is that there is no tipping.
The flight from Tokyo to San Diego was 10 hours and it was
on time, followed by a 3 hour flight to Dallas and finally a 2 hour flight to
Bloomington and we arrived at a little past 10:00pm, right on time. We had been up for 29 hours by the time we
arrived in Bloomington.
What a trip and we can’t share what we learned and saw on
the trip.
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| Our morning snack on the plane - beef and rice |
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| The free breakfast at the Marriott |
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| More breakfast |
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| and more breakfast!! |
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| $553.58 for the new toilet seat with all the controls |
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| Lunch before flying home |
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| Barb's lunch before the flight |
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| Dinner on the flight home |
