Tokyo....we meet again

We got picked up by our accident prone driver to take us to Munich's Franz Joseph airport - he'd had a bingle upon arrival at our hotel, and the side mirror on the Tesla was banged up! He drove the car like he'd stolen it - we were woozy when we got to the departure counter.

Check-in and security were pretty smooth, but we did have to take a train to our departure gate, where we went to the Lufthansa lounge. We boarded on time, and we were in the air heading to Tokyo by 11.30am. I know from brutal experience that day flights back from Europe are tough on the body clock. Even with our flat beds, sleep was limited, and we were going to struggle on day one in Tokyo!

After 12+ hours flying, we arrived at Haneda airport before 7am, flew through customs with our carry-on bags, and grabbed a taxi to our hotel to drop off our bags. It's a cloudy day with spots of rain as we wandered around Asakusa. We need to stay awake until around 1pm when we can check into our room; this was brutal. We had a coffee at Tully's and hung around there for a while. We had an early lunch at Mos Burger - their burgers are the best 👌

We sat and sometimes, laid down, at hotel reception until we got into our room at midday. We collapsed for a couple of hours and then did some washing - we really live the high life.

I picked up some whiskey highball cans from seven eleven along with our favourite rice snacks - the seven elevens are awesome in Japan! We walked up to a nearby Saizeriya (a Japanese Italian chain restaurant) for a light dinner and wine.

Japan now feels very familiar to us - looking forward to further exploration tomorrow.Read more