Today started at the hotel in San Francisco. As we were leaving our rooms, the hotel fire alarm went off. Both JC and I got pretty excited that we might get to use some of our fire fighting skills. However, I ran into the building engineer and he told me that it was nothing, just a false alarm. So much for a little excitement!
I hope that Brady checked COP stock today as it spiked up to $88 per share!
We rode the hotel shuttle to San Francisco International Airport. The shuttle drivers in California have two speeds…stop and NASCAR. We made it safely to the airport and proceeded to the check in terminals. We were far from world travelers. I could not figure out how to put my passport into the reader. JC had not signed his passport yet. It is a good thing that Thomas and Carl are with us to help guide use through!
After checking in, we proceeded to the United Lounge to wait to board our flight. The lounge was a nice place with a lot of different kinds of people. We relaxed for about an hour and a half until they called our flight for boarding.
As we entered the jet way we all had some angst about the upcoming long flight. We reached a point where the jet way forked. JC said, “Wow this thing has two entrances.” Needless to say, we were all pretty impressed with the Boeing 777. We entered the plane and got to see what First Class looks like!! All I can say is, “Unbelievable”! I can’t imagine what the First Class tickets must have cost for this flight.
We walked through First Class to our Business Class seats. Carl was in row 15 (last row in Business Class). The rest of us were in Row 11. Each seat adjusted about 400 different ways. It is a good thing that I have an engineering degree. Also, each seat is equipped with a personal video monitor. United had a nice selection of movies and we watched several.
JC is quickly rising through the ranks in Medal Of Honor 2 (Sony PSP Game). I tried the game and my head got blown off in about 34 seconds. As I am writing this blog, we are about 7 hours into an 11.5 hour flight. I have been using my iPOD to listen to an audio book and listen to a bunch of 80’s music. Yeah, I know I am old, but there is nothing like listening to Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins while flying over the Pacific Ocean (“Is this your idea of fun Mav?”). If you understand that reference than you are old too.
JC discovered Duty Free shopping and decided that $27 for a carton of Marlboros was too good to pass up! I am sure that we will all be doing some shopping in Osaka, Japan! Here is JC enjoying those half price smokes! I like to shop at the duty free shop!
The meals on the flight have been pretty good. I believe that all of us got the filet mignon for dinner.
Apparently, the Asian people are terrified of germs. Many of them were wearing surgical type masks on the plane and in the Kansai airport.
We arrived at Kansai International Airport after 11 hours and 29 minutes. The last 2 hours of the flight were pure pretty difficult to take!
I hope that Brady checked COP stock today as it spiked up to $88 per share!
We rode the hotel shuttle to San Francisco International Airport. The shuttle drivers in California have two speeds…stop and NASCAR. We made it safely to the airport and proceeded to the check in terminals. We were far from world travelers. I could not figure out how to put my passport into the reader. JC had not signed his passport yet. It is a good thing that Thomas and Carl are with us to help guide use through!
After checking in, we proceeded to the United Lounge to wait to board our flight. The lounge was a nice place with a lot of different kinds of people. We relaxed for about an hour and a half until they called our flight for boarding.
As we entered the jet way we all had some angst about the upcoming long flight. We reached a point where the jet way forked. JC said, “Wow this thing has two entrances.” Needless to say, we were all pretty impressed with the Boeing 777. We entered the plane and got to see what First Class looks like!! All I can say is, “Unbelievable”! I can’t imagine what the First Class tickets must have cost for this flight.
We walked through First Class to our Business Class seats. Carl was in row 15 (last row in Business Class). The rest of us were in Row 11. Each seat adjusted about 400 different ways. It is a good thing that I have an engineering degree. Also, each seat is equipped with a personal video monitor. United had a nice selection of movies and we watched several.
JC is quickly rising through the ranks in Medal Of Honor 2 (Sony PSP Game). I tried the game and my head got blown off in about 34 seconds. As I am writing this blog, we are about 7 hours into an 11.5 hour flight. I have been using my iPOD to listen to an audio book and listen to a bunch of 80’s music. Yeah, I know I am old, but there is nothing like listening to Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins while flying over the Pacific Ocean (“Is this your idea of fun Mav?”). If you understand that reference than you are old too.
JC discovered Duty Free shopping and decided that $27 for a carton of Marlboros was too good to pass up! I am sure that we will all be doing some shopping in Osaka, Japan! Here is JC enjoying those half price smokes! I like to shop at the duty free shop!
The meals on the flight have been pretty good. I believe that all of us got the filet mignon for dinner.
Apparently, the Asian people are terrified of germs. Many of them were wearing surgical type masks on the plane and in the Kansai airport.
We arrived at Kansai International Airport after 11 hours and 29 minutes. The last 2 hours of the flight were pure pretty difficult to take!
Carl took us all out for a nice dinner on the 10th floor of our hotel. The restaurant overlooked the airport and required us to wear aprons while we ate. All of use attempted to use the chop sticks. Some were better than others! Again, the meal was fantastic.
Tomorrow we set out for the town of Nara. This is where the Weld Fab Techno shop is located. We will be taking a bus to this town. It should be a blast.
Stay tuned for the next entry in the blog.
3 comments:
Where is Thomas, is he still sleeping in Billings?
Nice job with the pics...glad you guys made it safe and sound. Are you hiding Thomas in a rickshaw or something? Need pics of you guys at the geisha house...so get busy. Don't let JC leave Japan without two things...Japanese cigarettes for his brother and a replacement bulb for his Panasonic PTAE700U projector.
We all want JC to start doing the blog. We all know that the info with be much more interesting shall I say.
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