Adelaide to Japan - via MEL and HK

TRAVEL DAY :
After a year of planning, saving, preparing, shopping, rewriting itineraries, crowd sourcing ideas, panicking about missing work, watching YouTube videos, following friends’ holidays - it’s now our turn to go to Japan.

This started out as a 7-10 day trip to New York for just Krissi and I to celebrate our 20 year Wedding Anniversary - after a few conversations over wine it somehow became a 2 week trip to Japan with the kids. 🤔

They are excited and we have a lot to look forward to - this was the right decision.

Given how much time and discussion has gone into to this holiday, we are still leaving somewhat underprepared. We still don’t have some of the tickets we need and we only transferred money onto the travel cards from the airport bar in Adelaide.

To be advised if this comes back to bite us later.

The other thing I hadn’t given much consideration to was masking up on the plane and in airports. In the end we chose not to - and we were in the significant majority there.

Again, to be advised if this comes back to bite us later.

I also only did a week of Duolingo so can only order rice, water and tea in Japanese.

Again, to be advised….

Started our trip at Adelaide Airport (Ben enjoyed his 1 hour of playing jazz numbers on the piano for the other passengers) while K and I finished up some last minute work at the bar. Unfortunately we will have to keep working while away this trip, but I’m hoping it’s manageable and doesn’t impact the trip.

✈️ : Flight to Melbourne - uneventful, half full of people going to the Grand Final.

3 hour stopover in Melbourne International Airport, (Ben enjoyed another 1 hour playing piano), Krissi and I bought new sunglasses 😎 😎 🤷

✈️ : 8 hour flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong overnight (max 4 hours sleep…) leaving at midnight. Uneventful, would have slept more but food service took the first 2.5 hours of the flight. Had pre ordered the fruit platter which was great. Getting a light meal for an overnight flight is a good idea. Watched The Fall Guy - just the right type of movie for a flight, lots of action, pointless plot. Won’t ever watch it again.

3 hour stop over in HK (No Piano). We were all quite tired and vague. Large coffee helped. Checked in on our dog back at home. Miss you Jerry….🥺

✈️ : Finally - a 4 hour flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo (short nap, running on fumes and the excitement of finally being on holidays).Leggi altro