Day 0 in Japan - The Road to Tokyo

Left home at around 6 pm to be at Sydney airport by 7:45. Checked in with no worries. Tears at airport when saying goodbye to Mum, Dad, Fletch and Sam, but cleared up OK once I was inside the gate and chatting to a few other JETs. Got seated next to Alistair on the flight, which was awesome luck – he’s a really nice JET from Sydney. He’s going to be in Niigata prefecture. Dozed on and off on the overnight flight (took off promptly at 9:45 and landed 30 mins early at 6 am – first flight into Narita), and watched How to Train a Dragon. Best part of flight was opening my awesome, awesome present from Aaron and Fletch – an iPad loaded with movies from home, “our” songs and photos of everyone. I cried a bit on the plane when I opened it, and Alistair tactfully let me have a few moments to myself.