Love is in the air.

The day we have been waiting for has finally arrived!

The plane hasn't even taken off yet and
we're already super excited!

We got up at about 6:00 and made a final check to make sure we had packed everything we needed, chucked out the last of the perishables and had a quick coffee. By 6:30 we were waiting for the Con-X-Ion bus out the front and, lucky for us, it wasn't too far away.

Before we'd even gotten to the Smith St lights, Daniel had realised he'd left his phone at home, so luckily the driver turned around and we were able to grab it. The bus picked up another passenger and we made our way to the airport.

We got there more than 2 hours before our flight, but the line for check-in was still huge. Daniel tried to use his Reilly charm to get us upgraded to Business class, but unfortunately it was full.

We had some breakfast at the airport and then proceeded through passport control. After not too long we'd boarded the plane.

I'm glad we'd paid the extra for the exit row, we were right by the boarding door and had miles of space in front of our seats. Before we knew it the plane was taxi-ing and then we'd taken off.

Once we'd gotten to altitude and the seatbelt sign had been turned off, Daniel turned to me and said "This trip is pretty amazing. There's not much that could make it any better". Then he gets out of his seat, gets down on both knees and asks me if I'll do him the honour of becoming "Mrs Idiot"!

Obviously, I said yes! Shortly afterwards, when they were bring around the customs cards, Daniel told our flight attendant that we'd just gotten engaged. She was almost more excited than I was! A few minutes later we hear them announce our engagement over the PA and all of the passengers gave us a round of applause, then the lead flight attendant brought us each a glass of champagne. It was pretty nice too!

Love is in the air

After the excitement of the engagement settled down, we settled in for the 9 hour flight with some movies on the tablet, some snacks and some nap time. Even though Daniel had the window seat, I still had a pretty good view outside. The sunset was especially lovely.

  

Once we arrived in Japan it was pretty smooth getting through customs and border control and we were soon out in the cool crisp air waiting for the shuttle to our hotel. We were tired from the long flight, but buoyed from the excitement of finally arriving!

The hotel was fine. The decor was dated, but the bed was comfy and the buffet had some tasty Japanese food to whet our appetite. After dinner we settled down to sleep in preparation for our next journey to Nozawa Onsen.