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Day 1: The Journey to Japan

by scukras7· September 18, 2016· in Japan· 9 comments tags: arrival, first, station, train
Leaving the US Today, September 17 (Tampa, Florida time) we left for Forth Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas. Upon take-off I snapped some pictures of the view from my window seat. Sara and I were separated by a few rows for the short trip to Dallas and I was accompanied by two middle-aged people, one lady and one guy. They did not know each other, but my goodness did they talk the entire time. The lady seriously talked the entire 2:45 minute flight and every conversation was about her travels all over the world. I was convinced she’s been to every country at least once. She did mention she helped set up a new government branch/department after a coup, or some other form of revolution in Africa at some time. I can’t remember where that was though. Needless to say, she worked for the US government employee. Sara and I have never been to Dallas’ airport and once we got there we were amazed at how large it was. We thought the monorails in Tampa were cool, but once we got into Dallas’ we learned these were the big boy monorails. These things had to be going 35-40 mph […]
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