Story of the Japan Adventure

We decided to take the airport bus to save on lugging our luggage to the Narita express train (bus is door to door, we'd have to walk/subway/cab to the train station carrying many bags). It was about 80 minutes instead of the 60 expected on the train, but door to door convenience was worthwhile. Did our last bit of shopping at the airport and got on the flight as expected. The new Japanese style luggage is awesome so far, much easier to roll around the airports. The flight to San Francisco was comfortable, we effectively had a chunk of space to ourselves between the kitchen and the windows.

In San Francisco, Courtyard San Bruno sent a shuttle to pick us up and we were able to check in and sleep a few hours despite being so early in the day (around 10:00am). Courtyard San Bruno is awesome, though I am already missing the heated bathroom mirror (so it does not fog) and the venting and heated toilet seats of Japanese hotels.

After a brief afternoon nap, we had a nice visit with Erci's Dad and Beth, then crashed early to minimize jet lag and get up early for the flight home.