After 2 flight cancellations, 46 hours on the phone with United, 3
departure airports, we have finally gotten out of the US. And it only
took us 3 days!
Going from JAX to Orlando to Tampa might sound fun, but Eric and I were very close to having an anxiety attack from all the "excitement". Worse, we thought we were going to have to cancel our entire trip to Asia. The weather in the northeast has caused many delays and cancellations but we are very happy to finally head to our destination where our family awaits.
I could be more upset since we lost a few days to our trip, wasted time driving around north and central Florida for 3 days, I lost my business class seat upgrade and was separated from Eric and got stuck in economy in between two strange men for 14 hours, or I could just be thankful that I am safe and still get to have an amazing adventure with my family. I'll go with the latter.
We still stuck to our original plan and flew to Tokyo, Japan for our 18 hour layover. We arrived this time and DID NOT take a cab to Tokyo. We got on the Narita Express and arrived at our beautiful hotel- the Conrad Hotel. Think the modern contemporary design of The W hotels plus the sophistication and classic elegance of the St.Regis, you then have the Conrad. This was one of the more beautiful hotels we have stayed at.
We quickly took showers, changed and headed off to our Kobe beef dinner reservation. We walked 20 minutes to the town of Ginza and ate the best beef we have ever had. Ever. Real Japanese Kobe Beef. Yes, the extremely rare and regulated good stuff.
Stuffed and extremely satisfied (Eric shed a tear as he was eating his meal), we took a quick walk around the shopping capital and headed straight back for some r&r. I mean, we did just get off a 14 hr flight.
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We are finally heading to Rangoon tomorrow! We can't wait to finally get to Burma and see my beloved fam! But for now, we are enjoying the beautiful view from our amazing hotel.
Going from JAX to Orlando to Tampa might sound fun, but Eric and I were very close to having an anxiety attack from all the "excitement". Worse, we thought we were going to have to cancel our entire trip to Asia. The weather in the northeast has caused many delays and cancellations but we are very happy to finally head to our destination where our family awaits.
I could be more upset since we lost a few days to our trip, wasted time driving around north and central Florida for 3 days, I lost my business class seat upgrade and was separated from Eric and got stuck in economy in between two strange men for 14 hours, or I could just be thankful that I am safe and still get to have an amazing adventure with my family. I'll go with the latter.
We still stuck to our original plan and flew to Tokyo, Japan for our 18 hour layover. We arrived this time and DID NOT take a cab to Tokyo. We got on the Narita Express and arrived at our beautiful hotel- the Conrad Hotel. Think the modern contemporary design of The W hotels plus the sophistication and classic elegance of the St.Regis, you then have the Conrad. This was one of the more beautiful hotels we have stayed at.
We quickly took showers, changed and headed off to our Kobe beef dinner reservation. We walked 20 minutes to the town of Ginza and ate the best beef we have ever had. Ever. Real Japanese Kobe Beef. Yes, the extremely rare and regulated good stuff.
Stuffed and extremely satisfied (Eric shed a tear as he was eating his meal), we took a quick walk around the shopping capital and headed straight back for some r&r. I mean, we did just get off a 14 hr flight.
We are finally heading to Rangoon tomorrow! We can't wait to finally get to Burma and see my beloved fam! But for now, we are enjoying the beautiful view from our amazing hotel.
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