Going home

11/21/2010

Clowning around on Saturday night

We had to get up very early Sunday morning to get to the airport with 2 hours to spare. We actually were there by 6:20 for our 8:50 plane. Susan was sleepy. I was surprised to see all the people who came to see us off. Besides Sylvia, Neil, Susan, and Mark, Aileen and Joyce and Ryan's parents (a student who had been at WTAMU) came. We had time for breakfast before the plane left. We had to go through security and immigration before we could leave. The trip to Tokyo took about 4 hours.
Sleeping beauty

The layover in Tokyo was about 5 hours, so we walked around the airport and looked in the shops. They really push duty-free liquor and jewelry. We didn't buy any. The flight on American took about 11.5 hours. There were crying babies nearby. We had 2 seats together; one on the aisle for Garrett and one by the window for me. There was not much to see outside.

In Dallas we really had to rush to go through customs, change the money, go through security twice and get to another terminal. Luckily there was a man in an electric cart to get us there in time. Dean and Doreen took us home, but Carl met us too.