Returning
trip from Japan/Carlos Pueblo
After
Hakodate, Hokkaido, was returning trip from Japan. We used the last day
train pass
from Hakodate station to Narita Airport station some 732 Km away, more
than 6 hours
railroad travel. We even forfeited an entire day and night at the hotel
nearby the
airport. It is a busy hotel with tourist buses coming in and going out in
a whole day.
That extra day was very long to wait because that I was anxious to go
back to
Houston.
There was a
fee charge computer for use to check on e-mail and I skipped it out and
missed a
notice from the airline to change my schedule on the 2nd leg,
Calgary, Canada.
Instead of
waiting additional 3 hours at Calgary, we were moved to another global
alliance
airline immediately after arrival and passing the custom. We were lucky yet we
missed the
opportunity to get our ride from our son, Arthur, because that he was
taking his
nap without answering the phone. I show Amy how I manage to get to airports
on my regular
trip by Houston Metro buses and this is why I am so appreciated of Japanese
public
transportation systems.
After a
month of writing my journal on my blog and Google search for reference, I feel
like
to make
another trip back to Japan, either by land or by sea via air. I like to visit
Shizuoka and
Izu Peninsula
after reviewing the movie, Izu no Odoriko, one more time; I like to visit
Aomori
, Hirosaki
Castle, and the Gono sen of the coastal line of the Sea of Japan; I like to
visit all the
National
Parks in Hokkaido, etc. I may have to plan a longer stay in Japan and all of
these is up
to my healthy
condition.
I was
sitting at the last central row with a pair of grandmother and her granddaughter
from
Osaka. They
were visiting their relative at Calgary, daughter to the grandma and the aunt
of
the youngster.
Grandma is a year younger than me while her granddaughter is attending a
college near
Osaka Castle Park. I feel sorry for myself of such luckiness. This young lady
is
like most of
the young Japanese generation, very pretty and with good manners. I gave them
three small
plum wine bottle package right at the last minute when I found out that I couldn’t
pass the
security point. She was surprised.
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