So after finishing the last day at work(although we didn't do anything a part from listing to people's farewell speeches and eating lunch) I went home and started to pack. I was not sure if we were meant to be at the airport two hours or three hours before the flight. Aimed at Three hours before but of course ended up with getting at the airport two hours before the flight. Exchanged some money to Euro but forgot to get Yen.
Waiting for the announcement for boarding I heard something else... the flight was delayed and leaving at 2 am instead. Jetstar! 😧😧😧Also forgot to request the aisle seat so it wasn't a comfy flight at all.
Arrived at Narita. It was surprisingly warm for mid December in Tokyo. Got the luggage and had to catch another flight to Fukuoka...however I couldn't see the letters 'Peach airline' anywhere. Jetstar had the same time for leaving Fukuoka so I assumed that it was their mistake and lined up in a queue but half way through I was told that it was a bit too early. So I just decided to kill time a bit by cheking on my wifi connection etc.
When I was about to go back to the queue, I realised that there were other terminals in Narita airport of course! Rush to the terminal 3.
今日は仕事納め。とは言っても仕事らしい仕事はなく職場を去る人たちや退職者へのスピーチを聞いてランチを食べて終わり。いつもはスピーチ長いなと退屈するのだけれど今回は病気で急に辞めざるを得なかった同僚を送るスピーチなどでそれはそれは感極まるものだった。
この日は毎年だが皆がハッピーで笑顔で労をねぎらって終わる。
複雑な想いを抱えながら職場を後にし30分だけ許される時間を使って最後に買い物。
今日から五週間家をあけるという日に入ってくるロシア人のハウスメートが来る前にとショッピングモールを走った。帰ってから今夜立つんですよね？な状態の家の掃除と荷造りを同時進行で進める。晩御飯を食べに行く約束はやはり果たせず代わりに持ってきていただいた。いつも誰かがさりげにサポートしてくれる。ありがたいかぎりだ。
三時間前に空港に着くべきと聞くが二時間前でも大丈夫だろうとぎりぎりまでばたばたしてたら二時間きってしまった。なんとかチェックインをすませ換金。ヨーロッパに一か月ってどのくらい必要なのか全く予想もつかず取り得ず７００ユーロ換えてもらった。
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