Here we go! On paper it’s a 16-hour flight, but our tv screen told us it’s 13 hours and 11 minutes for today’s flight. Either way it’s a long flight but we didn’t have to change planes anywhere and that’s so worth it!

Notice anything special? Yep. We are sitting in aisle seats across from each other — that’s our usual arrangement. What’s different is: we both have empty seats next to us! And Japan Air Lines has this unique thing called leg room in economy class. This will actually be a comfortable flight!


They kept us well fed on our flight. Not the greatest food but definitely better than most airline food.





In addition to watching movies on the screen in the seat back in front of me, I love following along on the map to see where we are going and where we are. Our flight today is up and over instead of straight across.

