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<\/a><\/p>\nI wanted to get something to drink on the way back to the hotel and I found the Hot Ginger Ale they were advertising. It was pretty good.<\/p>\n
We got on the Narita Express train for Narita Airport, and that takes about an hour.<\/p>\n We took my mom to our yearly lunch at Fujiya. There was an awful lot of spaghetti hiding on that plate.<\/p>\n My mom and sis cleaned their plates.<\/p>\n And then it was onto the plane where I watched all those movies and had to keep getting up to use the bathroom. Fortunately, I had an aisle seat. And then it was back to Portland where they have the Global Entry kiosks set up \u00a0That just meant I didn\u2019t stand in line to go through immigrations but had to stand around a really long time to get my bags.<\/p>\n And back to Portland coffee. They even had refills!<\/p>\n I said I think I drank too much, and it doesn’t take much to be too much when you’re old and when you’re traveling eastward. It was a very long Thursday. If you looked at the clock in Portland, we got up at 1PM Wednesday and didn’t sleep until Thursday night. I stayed up on the plane watching bad movies (a Japanese crime movie where most of the protagonist criminals die, “A Good Day to Die Hard,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Lone Ranger.” But we started the day going to Tully\u2019s for a change, to get the morning set there. I wanted to get something to drink on the … Continue reading Japan Day 16<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"