Whew, what a day (2 days?)
I'm pretty beat so I'm just going to cut and paste the e-mail I sent my husband and daughter. Hopefully thing will improve once I figure what day and time it is!!

The new terminal at DFW is very nice and traveling business class is sweet. No security lines, you get to wait in the AA Admirals Club (which is nice an quiet and comfortable but otherwise no real big deal. The plane still has the old business class seats which are only OK. They’re not nearly flat and my footrest was kind of whacky, but still a much better way to spend 13 hours than in coach. We were served lunch once we took off (either Western or Japanese style) pretty tasty…nuts, a salad, chicken teriyaki appetizer, Japanese noodles and a really yummy ice cream sundae (dulche de leche with brownies and raspberry sauce. They give everyone Bose headphones for the flight and they really do work well. The onflight entertainment is pretty weak. I slept about 3 hours, then was served a snack of cheese and crackers and fruit. Very nice service from the flight attendants. Right now it’s 8 pm in Dallas, 10 am in Tokyo. Probably time for another nap.

The rest of the flight went pretty quickly. We got pizza snacks just before landing. Once I cleared immigration and customs (about 45 minutes) I was met by the RSSC representative and put in a taxi. Boy, what a taxi…lace seat covers, lace curtains, the driver wears white gloves. They drive on the other side of the road here. Mostly Japanese cars(go figure!). Tokyo is HUGE but also incredibly clean. I mean, no garbage anywhere. The Hotel is very nice, I’m on the 30th floor and have a view of the Emporor’s house, pretty nice casa. I’m going to head off to sleep now, I’ve got to be up at 8 am for breakfast and my Tokyo tour. I only slept about 4 hours on the plane so I’m pretty tired.

ETA Japanese toilets are funky, I just about went through the ceiling. Not used to being squirted quite like that :eek:

Can't wait to see you all soon <img border="0" alt="[vhappy]" title="" src="graemlins/icon_vhappy.gif" />