Arrived!

Ok, so that was a pretty long flight. I remember Europe being better. They both took about the same time but this one I was in the middle isle, middle seat. It isn't as bad as it sounds but the plane was a little stuffy and I didn't get to sleep as much as I wanted. But whatevs. When we landed we had to wait because they quarantined us and made sure we were all healthy enough.



So, it was quite the maze to get to the Japan Rail Exchange office. If you don't already know we had to purchase rail pass exchanges outside Japan and then retrieve them once we arrived. It is an offer that is only available to foreigners. Then we were able to get all our reservations taken care of in one sitting as well. Then we had a 1hr. rail to Tokyo station and then switched to another rail and had a couple stops to our Hostel destination. If I though the airport was a maze getting out of Ueno station was dang near impossible. I don't even know how I managed to navigate it and actually get us out the correct side of the street. Then we just had to walk a few blocks to our hostel and here we are.

(Sorry little dark - thats Grace on her top bunk)


Lets see, we had...surprise - hot dogs and burgers for dinner. Can't believe it but yeah.



Kim: I forgot to take a picture before I ate, so tired wasn't thinking, but I got a picture of the place and (LISA)*Dr. Pepper can that had Japanese writing on it. The activities are AWESOME! I already collected stuff from the plane and look forward to tomorrow!



Oh, and since AT&T LIED I can't use my phone internationally regardless of the plan being set to international. Maybe my dad can b%tch them out for me - no just kidding! But you all know he would if I wanted him to, hehe. So since it isn't working I have to use a rental phone...extra money...bleh.

What else????

I don't know, our hostel is pretty nice, though the restroom is TINY, seriously the shower is on top of the toilet...no kidding, but really its small.





Well I have been up WAY too many hours and it is starting to wear on my brain I think I should go to sleep now. I promise to try my darnedest to keep this updated!