Monday, May 9, 2011

Thanks SAS!

I just love when the nice people at the gate take you aside, apologize for any inconvenience and then ask if it is OK to have a seat in business class instead..... I wonder how many times the answer to that is actually "Oh No!" A perfect flight to Tokyo, dinner a movie and then sleeping until the captains voice woke me up, "please put you chairs in the upright position....". Amazing how good it can be when you are lucky.

Not so many gaijins on the flight so no waiting at immigration, my bag showed up early, custom was a bit curious, 4 days?, I got the "who is stupid enough to fly all this way for a 4 day visit"-look . But no real hassle, guess the Sony in SonyEricsson is a really good thing here.

The train ride from the airport is the real transition, at the start the surrounding rice paddies match the sleepy me, it does not take that long before the calm country side surroundings is replaced with buildings, bigger buildings and more buildings as far as you can see. Once again engulfed by the sprawling metropolis