After a three-hour delay, we finally made it to Toronto Monday evening on our way to Tokyo. Why did you go to Toronto to get to Tokyo, you may ask? Free Business Class tickets! Yes, it all makes sense when you walk onto the Air Canada flight and see those wonderful little pods that will give you a place to stretch out for the 13-hour flight. Gotta say, those Canadians are super nice. Not a rude person in the lot. Everyone was happy and helpful — from the flight attendants to the folks at the Marriott where we spent the night.

Tokyo is big. We made the 90-minute ride from Narita airport to town on the “Friendly Airport Limosine,” an amazingly efficient system of buses that took us directly to our hotel for $50 (for two of us) instead of the $208 that a taxi would have cost.

First observations: The Japanese dress way better than we do. All the women wear panty-hose, as Kelly quickly observed. Yikes. It’s 6:00 am and we are both wide awake, so I guess we will get in a breakfast habit — very foreign for both of us. We’re off to do some light exploring today and get oriented to the city. More to follow.