I have been dreading this flight. I can just barely tolerate the eight hour flight from Denver to London. How in the world was I going to keep myself entertained for twelve hours. Thank goodness United was featuring the Band of Brothers miniseries as one of their in flight entertainment selections.
When I went to France last fall I spent a week in Normandy and spent a day doing a Band of Brothers tour. We spent all day going to the sites of the battles fought by Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy on and after D-Day. I loved the tour and I highly recommend this miniseries. It sure kept me entertained on the long flight from Denver to Tokyo.
Dana, my youngest daughter, was on the flight with me and she prepared healthy and delicious food for us to eat on the plane. Thanks to Dana I was able to avoid the awful airline food and drink plenty of water. I did not feel too beat up or jet lagged when we landed after the long flight.
I was surprised at how long it took us to go through the immigration process and then go through customs. During both of these processes we had our pictures taken and our fingerprints electronically scanned. This took an hour. In London the immigration process takes five minutes and there is no customs checkpoint.
After Dana and I found my oldest daughter Sara, who flew from Houston to Tokyo, we caught an Uber to our hotel. We are staying at a very nice Marriot hotel in the Ginza District.
Sara found a hole in the wall ramen restaurant that seats 12 at a bar. We had to wait outside for three seats to open at the bar.
This was hands down the best ramen I have ever eaten. I am stuffed and ready to go to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.
I hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are.
Good night from Tokyo.
AbeAndMarkontheCamino 