And another adventure begins

Evidently adventures are fond of starting at awkward hours -- the plane took off at 3:40am Texas time Saturday night/Sunday morning.  This could be a bad precedent.

However, it is a uniquely pleasant experience to have a traveling companion.

I was in cattle class, with an empty seat between me and my traveling companion.  It was a 777.  I won't say I got 10 good hours of sleep, but I feel relatively refreshed for stepping into another country.

It is 5:30am Monday morning, local time, as I stand in baggage claim writing this.  *yawn*  Since the airline got weight-picky about our carry-ons, I am fighting off a feeling of doom about our luggage appearing.  Without it, I have socks, a spare shirt, an one set of underwear for my first day of work here.  Not the image I was going for.

[Tuesday morning note: All luggage arrived.  Other things went wrong, but at least I have everything I thought to pack.]

From Taiwan, with bewilderment

It is Tuesday morning.  Yes, I know this will post sometime on Monday afternoon.  We will all have to live with modern time travel.  "I speak to you from the future!  With the wisdom I have gained...."

( Monday challenges )

On the good side... My hotel room is huge and beautiful.  I have a full sized tub separate from my shower.  Yeah, soakings!  I have a frig -- VERY unusual in European and Asian hotels.  The fitness center is two doors down, as is a laundry room (discovered this morning).

I hope to actually look outside today.  Perhaps I can make it to some sort of convenience store and fill my frig with yummy things (to eat when I wake up tomorrow at 3am).

I brought Mr Kitty and the cable for my camera to connect to my laptop.  Sadly, the inside of my hotel room looks exactly like a hotel room.  Really no picture necessary.