in transit - hello from Osaka

Friday we were pretty worried about weather. We had an ice storm that coated everything with a thick layer of ice and knocked out power to many. The place that I work at didn't have power until after 1pm Friday, and we tried to keep ourselves busy in the dark with flashlights all morning. When I left work close to 3pm... we still didn't have phones yet either. Kevin and I kept checking the status of the airports we would be using and praying that the salt trucks and de-icing equipment could take care of things.

Saturday morning Sara S. took us to the airport. Suprisingly, we were all packed and ready to go... except for me trying to figure out my liquids. Does aerosol hairspray count as a liquid? Does chapstick count as a gel? After sorting through what's a vital liquid/gel and what's not... we were ready to go.

At the Fort Wayne airport we met a woman who had recently returned from Ethiopia to adopt her 18 month old son. He was pretty cute running around the airport and played a little peek-a-boo with us.

Our flights were pretty uneventful. Just long. Over fourteen hours in business class from Detroit to Osaka with Norwest was relatively nice. The seats could lay back at almost level with the feet really propped up. It was dark and people (mostly Japanese) were really quiet. We tried our best to sleep as much as possible. I know that Kevin's had me watch too much Star Trek since we've been married, as I thought that our seats looked like "pods," and I suggested that we should try and sleep and put our bodies into "stasis" so that we'd think the flight would go quicker.

Here in Osaka it is rainy and our flight is delayed 80 minutes. That's okay, as it gave us time to change clothes and freshen up. I was so happy to take a bath with wet wipes and brush my teeth!

Here's a couple of pics before we get ready to board to Taipei.

Here's us with our bags when we arrived at the airport Saturday morning. Kevin weighed these bags over and over redistributing weight so each bag would be under 50 pounds.

And here's one of me after my wet wipes bath and change of clothes. Ahh... much happier!

Next stop... Tapei!