My Travel to Japan: Thoughts from Detroit

   When this is set to be published, I will have boarded the plane and will be about five hours into my flight to Japan.
   I am currently in Detroit, sitting at my terminal and charging my laptop so that it has full power going into the 13 1/2 hour flight to Japan. Looking out the window, the plane which I will be boarding in about two hours is quite big. It has two floors (the second being 1st class only), and has ten seats in each row. I am seated in the middle of the three-seat row (no window seat), but I have economy comfort seating, so there is more foot room. In a few minutes, I will go walk up and down the terminal so as too stretch my legs and buy a snack or two for the flight. For lunch I had Chirashi sushi at a Japanese resteraunt here at the airport...it wasn't great, but it was food and I need long-lasting nourishment for this long flight.
   I am really excited for this trip and am prepared to be totally immersed in the language and culture (I was very excited when I heard Japanese over the speakers here in the airport.
   My flight to Detroit was very comfortable and I was able to sit next to an interesting person (she asked advice on a selfie...). It is cloudy right now, and about the same temperature as Indianapolis (30 degress F).

Well, I will post more later, especially on my flight into Japan (Nagoya), my trip to Hikone, and my first full day in Japan!
Location: In the air somewhere

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