Live from Tokyo!

We're not quite there yet, but close! I'm online in the Tokyo Narita airport. Two flights down, one to go! My poor body doesn't know whether to sleep or eat or what - I'm so far off my schedule! It didn't help that we only got one hour of sleep Wednesday night (RDU time) before leaving. So, I'm almost 36 hours no sleep.

A few observations so far:
- I used to think I wasn't an obnoxious American. After just 5 minutes in Japan, I sure feel like one. People here are so polite! This airport is busy but just peaceful quiet and squeaky clean!
- I have a very hard time remembering to walk on the left! On the sets of moving sidewalks, people walk on the left, not the right.
- Having a lot of fun seeing products I know in Japanese, like Diet Pepsi or Snickers. I bought some bottled water but wimped out and got the only brand with English on it to be sure of what I was buying!

We had a lovely stopover Thursday in Chicago with the Eatons (our former pastor and his wife from Braggtown). I've missed them so much! They're dong just fabulous there in Schaumburg. I hope to someday have enough time for more than 3 hours in Chicago!

Well, my 10 mins for 100 yen is almost up. I'll post more from Bangkok!

Matthew in the Japanese Massage Chair (sorry it's sideways - just turn your head!):