Time Travel brought to you by Delta

What a day of traveling!! Started the day off by leaving home at 5am on Saturday morning. After 2 flights totalling 16ish hours and a 3 hour layover in LA we somehow made the jump to arrive in Tokyo at 4:30pm...on Sunday. Never going to understand this one, just know that the sun was up the entire time we were flying and I'm going on hour 30 of being awake-ish.

We learned something on our flights today...that Delta has multiple safety videos and they are funny. If you haven't flown on Delta or paid attention to the videos you need to see them. The domestic one can be found here, in this one you will find an accordian being stored as carry-on luggage, subtle outfit changes and a no dancing sign on board. The second one you can find here, and you will find a no squash sign and a bonzai tree being placed under the seat. Literally made us laugh out loud on both flights today and we paid attention to the safety videos as well! May have been the highlight of both flights in all honesty!

5 hours to LAX and then a walk through what seemed as the basement hallways to get us to the next terminal led us to our second breakfast of the day and then some time. Nothing like taking a walk and running into someone you knew from high school on the opposite side of the country from where you went to high school (I also ran into a guy that works for me on the first flight as well). Then onward to Tokyo...longest flight yet. 11 hours and it may have gone a little longer.

The first few hours went by quickly, especially after we realized that beer was free! Two beers and then a full meal within 2 hours of taking off...awesome :) Then the flight attendants start messing with your mind and request to have all the window shades drawn so it was like we had a full meal and then it was night time...even though it was sunny and bright out the entire way. A couple movies and tv shows...attempts at reading a book...some short nap-like moments and wandering around the plane we managed to get to 3 hours left in the flight. Seriously, no joke so antsy and uncomfortable. But they gave us ice cream as a snack and then breakfast before we landed.

Amazing to get to Tokyo and not feel like we were being stranded. Everything has a subtitle in English (at least around the airport and some menus), it was quick to get through immigration, baggage claim and then through customs. Then on the bus to the hotel! The scenery reminds me a bit like Kentucky but with rice paddies and Japanese writing. So basically it's green and hilly and pretty :) Caught a glimpse of Tokyo Disneyland because I was so busy noticing the transportation station for Disneyland that I missed Cinderella's Castle! We were dropped off at Keio Plaza Hotel in what is considered the heart of Tokyo and quickly taken to our room! And the adapters are not completely necessary as the outlets are polarized...haha!

Met up with my class tonight and we wandered a few blocks away to a nice little coffee and drink bar for a couple of beers to unwind and meet with a few classmates while sharing funny travel stories. Tomorrow is a big day of traveling and touring the area as a big group!