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Chapter 3 : Meeting Friends at LAX
When landed in Los Angeles, we headed for the gate, to request the seat with the bassinet, but there was a couple already waiting with their infant. We asked them if they were waiting to request the bassinet seat and they were. When I originally booked the tickets, I made sure that I called the…
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Chapter 2 : Departing for Tokyo –
I had the alarm set for 4:45am. After snoozing until 5am, I went in for a shower. Elizabeth’s mom, who had agreed to take us to the airport, in addition to watching our dog, house sitting, and watch our oldest son Hendrix, was supposed to arrive at 5:15am. Even though, we technically didn’t need to…
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Khryztof in Japan
Chapter 1: Identity Thief – It was 12 hours before our flight was scheduled to depart at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field, when Elizabeth began receiving email alerts from Paypal. Her email inbox and text messages were letting her know that purchases were being made to her account. She was sitting on the couch, in the…
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What We Learned
While we did a lot of things right, there were still things that we could’ve been done better. There are certain things that you can’t plan for, but you should always be prepared to keep calm in the moment, and not let the weight of the whole trip lie on one decision. The earlier you…
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Berlin
Day 28: September 29, 2015 – Road Trip to Berlin We got the navigation system up and pointing towards Berlin. Elizabeth was going to be driving, because I wasn’t insured to use the car. However, after what happened when I drove previously, I was scared of even stepping behind the wheel. We traveled on the…
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Kutna Hora
Day 25: September 26, 2015 – We woke up the next morning, with plans of going to the Bone Church. It is located in a city called Kutna Hora a 90 minute train ride, outside of Prague. From the apartment, we took the tram to the train station. We walked to the ticket counter and…
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Vienna
Day 21: September 22, 2015 – It was 8am, when we arrived at the Vienna station (Wien Hauptbahnhof) after our overnight train voyage. We found an internet connection at the train station. So I was able to get in contact with Hendrik (the host of our apartment rental). I sent him a message letting him…
