Take Two

Posted on 2009/07/04 03:28:28 (July 2009).

[Saturday 4th July 2009]

Last time I had a problem in Narita was Christmas eve 2006 (see HERE), and of course pretty much as the injuries to my knee, every 3 years it seems that I need to have another small adventure.

Let's say that as usual it's my fault, once again I cannot believe that I was so naive when I made the reservations for this trip (13 planes to book, 1 bullet train and 1 boat), everything was ok but I left the best part for the very last leg, the one that takes me home.

Well imagine me coming to the check in counter, passport in my hand (will never happen anymore that I leave it around like it happened in 2006), the lady starts doing her bidding and all of a sudden tells me in perfect Japanese:

".... eeerrrr but the flight was booked for YESTERDAY!!!!"

The world crumbles, I cannot wait to be in Florence and as you can imagine this major setup must have made me go completely pale because I could see that she was a bit concerned...

I came up with some bullshit that I changed the reservation from Hong Kong, anyways she was very kind and after 20 minutes of terror I went from:

1. Better find an hotel for the night
2. Mmmm maybe we can get you to Munich but after that you must stay there until Sunday
3. Oh no, we managed to get you on the plane!

So in the end they found the place that I needed, the shorter leg is in economy class but I really cannot give a shit about it, anything below 8 hours for me it's like drinking a glass of water...

So I was lucky again, my Japanese got me through the problem again, pretty much like last time.

Oh well, can't wait to be at home, a month around Asia is quite hard, especially on the brain, and I am feeling totally tired...

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