We left our Tokyo hotel in teams of 50 for Narita airport yesterday (or is it today in Pacific standard time?). En route, we took a little detour to a Japanese rest stop, which aside from the Asian-style squat toilets, ramen stand, and convience store sushi, pretty much resembled any rest stop in America. The flight wa
s as uneventful as they come and, thankfully, though packed like a sardine in mustard sauce, I was able to sleep the majority of the way through. When we arrived in SanFran, we were herded through customs and agriculture then had to retrieve our bags. I'm of the opinion that they only had 1 baggage handler for the plane of 800, as baggage retrieval took more than an hour. I picked up my bag and proceeded to part 2 of the famous American travel gamegame of American called luggage pickupanddropoff
when I was told that all flights to New Jersey were cancelled. I proceeded to 3 different areas upon instruction from officials (?) in United coats and told, at our final place, that, in all likelihood, we might not get to Jersey before Saturday (it's Thursday today)...woweee and, had I not been as terrifically tired and mind numbed before the counter encounter, i might have thrown an airport conniption. I was the first to get a flight out, and thou though this made me feel slightly Macheavellian of the Amazing race variety, I was able to secure a flight for tomorrow, Friday.My NJ counterparts were not so lucky as the other three had standbys all day friday....however, like the fate of those travellers on that terrific show, you never know till you get to your destination which plane will come in first.
Fortunately for me, my cousins live in San Fran. and, after sunbathing (nee, burning) at the outdoor pool and a short nap, my cousins Lila and Donna picked me up and took me to dinner at a German restaurant where we met up with Lila's friend Kim. We ordered massive amounts of food and, after judging that our table was in excess of our bodyweights, we were challenged by a neighboring diner to consume all we had ordered. Surprised slightly awed at our power- plate cleaning, our friendly neighbor bought us a giant boot of bier (as big as, well, a boot!!) and payed for our dinners. Only in America!!
s as uneventful as they come and, thankfully, though packed like a sardine in mustard sauce, I was able to sleep the majority of the way through. When we arrived in SanFran, we were herded through customs and agriculture then had to retrieve our bags. I'm of the opinion that they only had 1 baggage handler for the plane of 800, as baggage retrieval took more than an hour. I picked up my bag and proceeded to part 2 of the famous American travel gamegame of American called luggage pickupanddropoff
when I was told that all flights to New Jersey were cancelled. I proceeded to 3 different areas upon instruction from officials (?) in United coats and told, at our final place, that, in all likelihood, we might not get to Jersey before Saturday (it's Thursday today)...woweee and, had I not been as terrifically tired and mind numbed before the counter encounter, i might have thrown an airport conniption. I was the first to get a flight out, and thou though this made me feel slightly Macheavellian of the Amazing race variety, I was able to secure a flight for tomorrow, Friday.My NJ counterparts were not so lucky as the other three had standbys all day friday....however, like the fate of those travellers on that terrific show, you never know till you get to your destination which plane will come in first.Fortunately for me, my cousins live in San Fran. and, after sunbathing (nee, burning) at the outdoor pool and a short nap, my cousins Lila and Donna picked me up and took me to dinner at a German restaurant where we met up with Lila's friend Kim. We ordered massive amounts of food and, after judging that our table was in excess of our bodyweights, we were challenged by a neighboring diner to consume all we had ordered. Surprised slightly awed at our power- plate cleaning, our friendly neighbor bought us a giant boot of bier (as big as, well, a boot!!) and payed for our dinners. Only in America!!
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