September 18, 2023

Monday - Cool but smoky

I made it safely to Canada. It was a bit of a nightmare getting here though. 

My plane from my local airport was late leaving Shonai, so it made getting through customs and Immigration in Haneda a little hairy. I didn't really have time to eat at the airport and I was hungry as lunch was hours earlier. I made it though.

The flight to Canada was fine. I didn't sleep much, I watched a couple of movies and enjoyed them. I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once and it had English subtitles so I could understand the whole thing this time. Woot. I also watched Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and liked it a lot. 

Customs and Immigration in Canada were fine, but what wasn't fine was the long walk through the airport to drop my big suitcase. Last time I did this trip there was a place to drop off my bag very much closer. I bought a sandwich in the airport that was Vegas priced. It was excellent, but expensive. And of course, my flight from Vancouver to Edmonton was delayed by half an hour. I dozed a lot in the waiting area, and most of the flight!

My sister and nephew met me in the airport and brought me back to the house. I was so tired but managed to let dear F know that I had made it safely.  

Yesterday I took things fairly easy. I did a little shopping at Walmart and the grocery store...picked up some pita bread. Yum. I had a 4 hour "nap" in the middle of the day and woke up around 8:30 pm. Oops.

I'm quite surprised at how expensive food is here in Canada. Japan doesn't seem as expensive anymore. So, things are going well.  

It's still morning here on Monday. I usually update late at night, but won't be able to do that this trip.  I'll try and write more tomorrow or later depending on when I can use the computer!

Until next time....