Today I finally boarded the Finnair flight to Japan. The evening before i went to sleep at 2 AM... Finishing all the things to do, packing and weighting my luggage. Final weight was 21.9 KG. The maximum weight is normally 20kg but if they are not too strict, sometimes you can get away without too much trouble for a couple of KG more ;)I woke up at 5.45 to say goodbye to my father. We had coffee at home togheter and when he left, it was at that time that i've realized i would be gone for a long time.
The evening before leaving i greeted my sister, her husband, my nephew and niece. I think i'm going to miss them, especially my nephew. He is now 2 and started to say some words a while ago. Some of them are not yet clearly spoken, but we know what he wishes to say. I'm sure i'm going to miss him calling me "tio dade"...
At 7.00 AM Jim picked me up at my parent's home and we headed to the airport. The plan was the following: while i was doing the checkin, he would keep my hand luggage (18kg!!) since i've already had a backback (7kg!!). He had this idea: they normally check you during checking, not at boarding for the carry-on luggage. It went great, no checking at the counter and no checking at boarding, and there i left with my over 50kg of stuff ;) amazing uh?
The flight was quiet, but i couldn't sleep well, just a couple of hours. By the time i've arrived in japan i just wanted to sleep...but i had to hold on, even though i took a 2 hours nap ;)
On the airplane, next to me, was sitting a Japanese man. Amazing! He was a professional sleeper i guess. He slept 80% of the time...and even without lowering down his seat! That was some performance!
After quick checking of my travel documents and stamped visa i was allowed thru immigration and customs without any troubles... Japan, here I am!!
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