#25 Blog Neglectarino

So I've neglected to update this blog. . . .sob sob! I came home from Tokyo almost a month ago on 21st December. Since I'm moving to Stockholm in 7 days, I thought maybe I should start summing up Tokyo and Japan in the coming days before moving on to a new country and topic.

Taken at Narita Airport on my way home - Luckily it flashes between both Japanese and English

#10 Tomorrow, tomorrow

In less than 12 hours time I will be on the plane to Narita, Tokyo. My suitcase is packed (weighed in around 28-30kg), I've checked in online and got my boarding pass (not to mention a window seat for both flights, whoop whoop) and I will check in soon with all my news. Until then, さよなら!

#2 Japan Flight Assumptions

Although I do not book my own flights to Japan (the company books them for me), I have spoken to a friend who works with the same company and I can assume that I could be travelling BMI from Dublin to London Heathrow, and then Virgin Atlantic to Tokyo Narita. This arrangement means I would have to depart from terminal one in Dublin Airport, instead of terminal two. This upsets me greatly as I was looking forward to heading to the new terminal, where so many of my peers have tagged themselves before they leave to go on a wild J1 to America, or to find a job in Australia. For me, terminal one is for cheap family holidays to Gran Canaria or cheap drinking holidays for the students to Santa Ponza. But we'll see. Maybe I can leave Terminal two for my flights to Stockholm. Maybe.

I had originally thought I had to arrange my own flights, so I was checking online and the cheapest flights I could find were around €535 (one way) which was Dublin to either Abu Dabi or Dubai, and from there to Tokyo. These were operated by Etihad Airways and Emirates. I was looking at the Virgin website and the flight I was quoted was £1,022 one way! That is way more expensive than most of the ones I had found online. The prices will be going up the closer it gets to when I leave, so I am happy I won't have to worry about that.

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