I'm currently at the airport in Zurich, on a computer whose keyboard is all over the place. The Z is where the Y should be and vice-versa. And I've just had a horible scare. I went to buy some Yen from the Bureau de change and the machine wouldn't accept my card. And I thought Cirrus and Maestro were universal. I thought I was stuck. Didn't have enough Yen to last the first couple of hours in Japan, let alone a few days. And I was seriously contemplating getting the next plane straight back to England when My mum suggested trying an ATM... oh yeh, good idea. And it worked. I didn't have a clue what the exchange rate was between Swiss francs and the Pound so under pressure I presed 200... I thuink thats about 70/80 quid. Got that changed into Yen. That should at least be enough to get me a ride to the hotel. And I'll take it from there.
Must admit my heart did skip a few beats but I'm relaxed now. I've got a couple more hours to kill and then the real Journey begins.
Pthrphrhtprhhthrpp.
4 comments:
Hi from fellow fan of all things Japanese, Lorraine (from NIAY). Glad to hear you are on your way. Hope you have a safe trip and all goes well with your accommodation etc. Looking forward to reading all about it, but feeling mighty envious!
Well done for getting a chance to blog. Will be checking it nearly every day - will be great to see how you're getting on and what you get up to.
Ticehurst is just as you left it, I'm sure you're on much more interesting soil now!
Ryan
STU!!!!
Brilliant that you've had the chance to pop on here already. What a shitty scare! Glad you got it sorted. Hope you got to Japan ok - we miss you already, we keep saying to each other 'i wonder what stu is up to?' hehe. take care stu, like ryan i'll check this each day! x
Hi stu,
wish that i'd thought to look here earlier.
hope alls well
go for it
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