Nihon – tadaima: 第 11 日
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008April 17, 2008
Getting ready to depart and once again “Itsuka kaite kuru”
We had to get up at 4 a.m. to leave the house by 5 a.m. to make this one-hour drive to Fukuoka Airport. We stored away last-minute gifts into our suitcases, checked in and headed for the gate to get on our 80-minute flight to Narita Airport.
With the flight taking off, I had to say good-bye to Kyushu — my favorite place in Japan. Taking off from Narita, I waved good-bye. The trees resembled broccoli and the fields a parquet floor underneath our wings.
The 11:40 flight returning to Frankfurt was uneventful and while landing I noticed the German landscape underneath us. The greenery looked like red-leafed cabbage and the fields were a nice patchwork of greens and browns.
One thing I have learned from this trip – I will not wait another 13 years to return to Japan.
