So I'm in Japan for those of you that don't know. If you didn't know that than you need to crawl out of your hole and sign into Facebook because I'm kind of a Facebook whore. Haha!
Alright, where to begin...I guess I'll start from the beginning.
We arrived at the airport 3 fetchin hours early because everyone said we needed to be. Turns out if you are flying out of your own country on a Monday morning that is not the case. So what did Jordan and I do? After breakfast we cancelled our phone plans, paid off the remainder of our bills and proceeded to the bar where Jordan and I had a few adult beverages.
Our bartender told us how he was down graded on Yelp! by some woman who complained her drink was too strong...really? Come on lady you are at a bar! Getting on a plane! What do you need to be conscious for? So then he followed with this when I asked him for a Mt. Rainier Mai Tai, "Do you want it gooooooood? Or tasty?" Before I could even respond Jordan bellowed, "Gooooooooood."
Fast forward to our plane. In international business class. It. Was. Awesome.
And then we proceeded to get ourselves a little concoction of goodness.
Next up was lunch! It was a 4 course meal for crying out loud!
Do you see this? A movie, while stretched out, legs up, a drink and salmon for lunch!
Then we got cut off from our drinks around dessert time so we passed out most of the flight. Haha
Finally we arrive at Narita airport. It was very confusing on where to go to get our connecting flight, but once we figured it out it was smooth sailing. Then I got this little number and was like, "Holy fuck, I'm not in Kansas anymore." Thank the Lord above math is the same in every country or else I never would have known what gate number to go to.
Once we found our gate, I had to find the potty. I knew what to expect when I saw...
My first question was," Which way do I face?" I think I faced the wrong way but it worked out, haha. Just want to thank CrossFit for the strength to do this and camping for not making this feel too weird. I don't poop in this thing do I?
Alright, fast forward through that flight minus the last 10 minutes. The sunset was incredible. I have never seen the sun so big and red. I took a ton of pics but I choose this one because of the islands. Seriously, the sun was so much bigger and brighter in person.
Ok, then we landed here...
Moving on. After a 3 1/2 hour wait the Blue Bus picked us up. It's the military bus to take us to base!
We got into our hotel room and in bed by around 1:30am Aug 21. We traveled across so many time zone we jumped ahead two days! We did travel for 30 freaking hours. But because of all that traveling we were immediately adapted to their time. Although we get up at 6am and are ready to pass out by 8 but that's still pretty good for the first day.
That same morning at around 8am, we got a call from a woman named Faye who is the wife of one of Jordan's coworkers. She took us to a spot in town and her own apartment in town and was very very sweet. She wanted to make sure we felt welcome and had an ally in figuring out this place.
She took us to this kilometer long strip mall that everyone calls the Ginza. It has tons of shops and eateries and a couple grocery stores. We walked around, had lunch at an American Denny's diner equivalent , checked out the 100 Yen store which has EVERYTHING and then toured the base a bit.
This is the bridge that puts you right into the Ginza. It is just off of base.
This is just a pic from inside. I thought it was pretty cool having both flags together. What is slightly deceiving about this mall, is that it has multiple stories. But you would never know it until you walked into some of the shops. It was pretty fun!
That is what I have done so far! Today we are going to hangout for a bit, call Faye and see what else there is. Probably hit up the Commissary (military grocery store) and get some food for the room. We have no space really but I need some snacks!!!
Next week we will start our INDOC program where we learn about the culture, language, driving (yes, I need to have a Japanese driver's license), housing and all that stuff.
Once we get a car, I'll probably video the experience. Stay tuned.... ; - )
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