When I got to the airport, everything went so smoothly, the airport is awesome and is extremely simple unlike the Louisville one. I also learned my Passport had a swipe area which I didn't think it had. Even a bigger surprise is the my girlfriend, Chris, came to say goodbye to me when she had told me she wasn't. It was a nice surprise and I got to say goodbye one more time and be with her for a short bit. She gave me a cute little charm for my backpack which is still where she put.
I met up with the other Purdue student, Aaron, who was easy to spot in the lobby, and all our families talked for a bit and we took some pictures.
I said all my goodbyes to my dad, my grandparents, and to my gf, and I went through the security gate. It went very smoothly, I was very impress with the airport. I also came across something that made me laugh.
I'm not in Tokyo yet....
I met back up with Aaron at the gate, and we finally got on the plane. We were sitting together on this plane ride and talked the whole way to Detroit. Once we landed we took a small train to our gate, how awesome is that!
We decided to get some lunch before boarding and walked around the terminal. We decided on pizza, but the place was closed. We ended up eating at a sub restaurant, and it was tasty but expensive, guess I had to get used to that. I got the 3 cheese steak.
Gourmet PB&J... wtf mate
We finally went back to our gate, I was carrying my heavy backbacks the whole time ><
I saw this near our gate, the water would flow in all different directions.
We finally boarded the plane and I prepared for the long flight, and it was long XP
I slept 3 times, about 2 hours each, and the rest of the time I was either reading my book, Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk the guy who wrote Fight Club, or I was on my PSP listening to music most of the time since the movies were to quiet, me being next to the engines. I was able to watch Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny all the way through, great movie, and I watched the beginning of Wanted and Pulp Fiction. I also played Guitaroo Man which is an excellent game. Surprisingly my PSP battery didn't die on the plane, so I didn't even need to take out my laptop. I'm glad I had some stuff to keep me entertained the on flight movies looked bad, best one I saw them play was Twilight, and I didn't feel like watching it though what I saw looked interesting. The food wasn't that great on the plane, but it had to do. We finally were able to see Japan after just 12 hours, we got there early, and I was so happy. It was so great finally getting off the plane and arriving at my destination.
The airport there didn't go as smoothly as the Indy one sadly, but Aaron, Matt who was also on the CIEE program who was on our plane but didn't see till then, and me made it through there ok, and we met up with the CIEE people in their bright yellow shirts. They took our bags to be shipped to our families.
After that I met up with Hiromi, who had arrived on the same flight 5 days ago, and who is setting up a great Fuji climb for us. We took a shuttle to the hotel, and I was so happy to take a shower right away. I was able to meet up with a bunch of other CIEE students there and we all introduced ourselves, and surprising enough, I still remember all their names. I met up with my roomate for the night, Zach, who is also in my small group now for the CIEE orientation. A bunch of us then took a bus to a mall and had dinner, I got shouyu-ramen and it was good.
We then returned to the hotel, and I was happy to finally get some sleep.
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