Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:52 AM
January 24, 2008

Two weeks to go :-).
Online booking and "e-tickets" are all very nice and convenient, but without having flight times printed in some form or another, long-distance travel isn't so much fun.
In a moment of madness (well, they had the better deal going) I opted for Air France via Paris, which inevitably involves the Tour de Charles de Gaulle, aka a mad sprint between terminals because no matter how much time you allow for connections, it isn't enough. Maybe I should take performance-enhancing substances?
This will be my first trip to Japan since the introduction of fingerprinting at immigration. Wonder how they will deal with my little stubby penguin wings?