Leavin, On a Jet Plane. (Then getting on another one)

I have exactly one month left on my contract here in Japan. It’s a strange feeling, sometimes I feel like I’ll be first in line at the gate in Narita Airport, other times I think that I’ll have to be dragged kicking and screaming to my seat.

That being said, it’s time to look post JET and Japan for a while, so I’m going to America for a month.

It seems like the perfect time to do it really, I’ll be inbetween jobs, just moved home so my bags will still be packed and hopefully I’ll get some sort of guidance about what I’m gonna do. If the latter doesn’t happen then hell, at least I’ve got a good trip out of it!

My current plan is as follows:

Sept 1st – Fly to NYC. Do the sightseeing stuff, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty etc etc. Also going to head upstate to stay with a friend for a few days, need me some Americana and all-you-can-eat buffets!

Sept 8th – Fly to Chicago. Spend a whopping 11 hours there (just enough time to get some pizza!) and then get on a train to New Orleans. People seem to think I’m crazy for taking a train down to NOLA, I mean it’s 19hrs vs 3 when flying, but I think it’ll be an awesome experience, for better or for worse. It’ll be nice to see some of America at “ground level” and not from 35,000 feet up. I paid the extra to get a sleeping car too.

9th September – I’m in NOLA for a week and a bit with a friend, drinking it up hopefully, though it’ll be nice to just chill in what sounds like a fantastic city. Then it’s off to…

Sept 20th – Fly to Calgary, to see another friend and stay with his family.

Sept 24th – We are then going to head to Vancouver for a week or so before I fly home on the 29th.

So that’s the plan. Before then there is one final trip planned inside Japan, I’ll save that post for another time

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