Friday, May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) Got up at 6:45 to shower, wash
hair, get ready to depart from Tokyo. It
turned out to be a relaxing, unhurried, day.
We checked out of Akihabara Washington Hotel. We went to the Family
Mart, where Mary got me two strawberry yogurts. She got a banana and a cold
frapiccino coffee thing. We sat outside
the shopping area and ate our goodies. We went to our subway station around the
corner from the bookstore, right by the river.
We got our luggage down all 48 steps and got on to Ueno Station, only
two stops away. Mary found an elevator
to take us back up to the train that goes express to the airport. The TV over the door indicated which terminal
has which airlines, so we were able to disembark at terminal 1 with no
trouble. Also, we arrived plenty early
so no hurrying. We asked an airport
person where “Asiana” was, and he said, “Counter H.” Perfect!
We waited in line to check our baggage and get our boarding passes; not
too long. Then we walked right passed
security, because there was no line! How
can you recognize security if there is no line?
We made it through security and customs smoothly. We strolled to our gate where there was no
hurry going on around us.
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| shops in the Tokyo airport -we were chillin' |
We watched
them service and unload the plane. Next thing you know we were boarding;
relaxing flight. We deplaned and Mary
put her Korean chip into her cell phone and we went through customs. The guy who stamped my passport did not stamp
it on the same page as my previous Korea visit stamp; irritating. Oh,
well. We looked at the board and found
our flight number, so we could pick up our luggage. We walked clear to the far end of the
terminal to the USO counter. They found
a reasonably priced hotel with shuttle service from and to the airport. Hotel
June. It is about 15 minutes from the
airport. We got a room with two beds,
and Mary is letting me have the softer one.
It has a sitting area with couch, computer desk, and a dvd/vhs player.
Mary made a phone call and checked her phone for
the nearest train station; it was, apparently, right nearby. She said to relax, take a walk, get something
to eat, as she would be back in about three hours. She is going to her base to get my other
suitcase, I left at her place last Sunday morning and bringing back a bit of
overnight stuff for herself. I fly out
tomorrow evening, departing Inchon at 8:30 pm.
The last hotel shuttle departing for Inchon tomorrow is at 12:30, which
is also check out time. I guess we will
be spending the afternoon at the airport!
I wrote some more in my journal, then put on my shoes and
got the won Mary left me and walked to the Quickee Mart. I got some garlic butter popcorn, M&Ms,
and bottled water, then came back to the room and tried the popcorn. It was a little odd tasting, but I prefer my popcorn
unflavored/seasoned anyway. So, I have
been writing in my journal, but am almost out of pages, so I got some paper
from the lobby and brought it down to the Hotel June Restaurant, in the
basement. I left a note in the room door, letting Mary know where I went. The restaurant opens at 6:30, so I went down
at 7:00 pm. The waiter showed me which
items on the dinner menu were not actually available. Everything is breaded except steak, so I had
the steak, rice, orange juice, and tea.
He was very helpful. The steak and rice were top notch. Mary has not arrived, so I guess I will head
back upstairs. It is 8:00 pm. I flossed my teeth and was in the middle of
brushing, with that awful Colgate toothpaste, when the phone rang. It was Mary.
She only arrived back at Suwon 30 minutes ago, so she is going to do
some laundry and go to bed. She will try
to be here around 8:00 in the morning.
I told her no worries, as we were both tired. I got in my jammies and figured out how
operate the A/C. I discovered there is
bottled water in the small refrigerator in this large room. Good night.
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