Vacation time! This time I'm not pretending to work.

#ButtsInSeats next stop, a real airport with long distance flights.

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Time for the long flight. Heading to Tokyo on the new Biz from Lufthansa, let's see how it is.

#ButtsInSeats

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Landed in Haneda, which means:

#Monorail #Monorail #Mono-doh!

Lololol, #WBC26 starts in about an hour, and I had no clue. I'm leaving for the far north around first pitch and don't get back to Tokyo until the group stage is over.

No #baseball for me this year, doh.

Choo choo! Hayabusa 21 going north to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto.

First time to Hokkaido, looking forward to it.

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Bye Hokkaido! Time to go bother the snow monkeys at Shibu Onsen.

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Made it down to Tokyo, and my hotel has the best laundry service ever. Drop off at 10am, receive back at 6pm. *Or* drop off at 11:30pm, receive back at 7:30am. Fair price, too.
Shit. My flights to go home have been canceled. I guess I'll let the airline try to sort it out. We have a couple days, so it isn't terrible.
Got tossed onto partner planes. Difference in departure time is 5 minutes, and difference in arrival time is about 3 hours. Not terrible, overall.

Let's get this shitshow on the road.

Time for #ButtsInSeats to Frankfurt. Because my connection is with a bullshit airline, I gotta fetch my luggage and re-check during my layover.

(No selfie, internet connectivity is dodgy :( )

One more time. Short hop back home to Berlin.

#ButtsInSeats

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@phessler Safe travels, friendo. 💜
@phessler Hoping for the best in getting a flight back home. 🙏
@phessler hope you're not stuck for long!
@phessler outch, hope you can sort it out in time. Else, plan B: fly somewhere local-ish cheaper (Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines) and extend vacation for a bit until flights pop up again :)
@phessler how long are you here? I am on okinawa returning to tokyo on wednesday
@phessler Have a blast!!! I've never been either, but always wanted to go.