Things are gonna be a little bit different from now on

Mari and I are going to make the big move to my new job in Kobe, Japan at the end of this week.

This is going to be quite a trip. Although we've made a number of trans-Pacific voyages before, we're carrying the maximum amount of luggage we're allowed this time. We're also leaving the US very early in the morning and arriving at our destination late at night.

The route, for some twist of fate, requires us to land at Tokyo Narita and change airports, going to Tokyo Haneda via bus or train to reach our connecting flight.

I wish it wasn't so, but that's what the Pope of air-travel has decreed.

But, on a happy note, I hear that the sakura are starting to come-out in Shizuoka due to unseasonably warm weather and they'll hopefully spread around the country over the next few weeks.