How cool - my first blog. Sure beats inundating you all with emails. Now you can decide if you wish to follow us in our journey.
We had a very uneventful flight over - except for Bill and the flight attendants scrounging through after-dinner trays looking for his glasses! Since Bill can't see a thing without his glasses - no small problem. All ended well when I crawled in front of the guy seated behind us and found them tucked under Bill's seat.
Upon landing we made good connections at the airport and arrived at our hotel by 7:00p. At check-in, we were told a twin-bedded room was reserved for us, so we changed to a king bed. Well, I've never seen a bed like this - it's got to be two attached queens. We laughed when we waved at each other at the far ends. It reminded me about our parents' generation and how so many of them ended up sadly changing to twins from their regular double bed - before the advent of queens and kings. The few times we have slept in a double bed, it was impossible not to disturb the other when turning over or trying to spread out a bit. After our wave good-night we crashed and had about eight hours' good sleep. Breakfast never tasted so good - Bill was more adventurous selecting food from the buffet, and I plan to try a lot of different things, but not for breakfast!
Bill's boss, Philip Yen, is meeting us this morning and showing us the ropes to Tokyo - the Metro, what an apartment size looks like, and an over all feel for the city. We're really looking forward to getting out this morning as we arrived last night in the dark. Our hotel room overlooks the Imperial Palace and a moat with swans.
I'll be writing a daily journal, so you can catch up with our experiences.
Beth
