Anyone who has ever travelled with me will be aware of the fact that I am extremely stress-prone when it comes to getting to and from places I've never been before. You'd think a lifetime of travel would have cured me of this early on. I blame Rewald-timing. How we're generally late for everything (or nick-of-time), and how that's stressed me out all my life. So here I sit in Incheon airport, 3 hours early for my flight to Tokyo. But that's not the point. The point is that I will be getting off the plane in Japan in a few hours with no idea how to navigate the city, no guidebook, no phone. How adventurous am I?
We finally booked a room for tonight in Tokyo...late, late last night. Luckily its not a busy time of year. How perfectly spur-of-the-moment, don't you think?
If anything, Korea has taught me a little bit about taking risks and embracing my foreignness. Going to a hole in the wall noodle shop instead of clinging to my credit card in the heavily-touristed zones. Getting a little lost and not clenching the entire time. Waiting to see how it all turns out before freaking too far out.
I guess you can all ask Evan how I did when this is all over. I'm sure his response will be "Adri? Cool as a cucmber the entire time." Yep.
JAPAN.
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