Rewind the clock to just shy of 2 weeks ago.
Wednesday April 29 Day 1
Oh travel days, there once was a time when the airport was a part of the trip excitement for me, but those days are long gone. After a few trips across the planet I’ve learned that things go wrong on travel days and your goal is just to survive it. The airport shuffle makes me cringe, and this time is no exception. Screaming baby – check, bad food – check, seat kicker – check, but at the end of the day I started in Toronto and will finish in Tokyo so I can’t really complain.
I guess it might be fun to share a bit of what I am expecting on this trip, since pre-conceived notions and reality rarely intersect this might be a funny re read upon my return. Obviously I am expecting everywhere to smell like fish; to be the only blonde head in a never ending sea of black ones; to get lost more than once, but find something awesome in the process; to order plenty of things that I won’t actually end up consuming; to consume plenty of things I didn’t actually intend to order; to be confronted with technology I won’t yet understand; to be confronted by people who won’t understand me; to be humbled by tradition and gain insight into the where, when, and why it still has a place in this world; to reconnect with old friends and maybe make some room for new acquaintances; and to add a few more niceties to my foreign vocabulary like “hello”, “thanks”, and “please”. Although there is a lot that I am scared of, the bar is set pretty high for East Asia and I am not one who handles disappointment well, so I intend to hit the ground running.
Let me loose on this town, I’m ready for it!
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