昨日、無事に日本に帰ってきました。今日はまだ現実を受け入れきれないまま、時差ぼけと共に仕事始まり・・・。
夏のヨーロッパ、聞いていただけあって、本当に良かった！！そして今回はとっても天候に恵まれたようで、到着の前日までは雨が降っていたそうだけど、滞在中はずっと青空のまま。
行きの飛行機のトランジットがアムステルダムで、６時間という長い時間をどう過ごそうかと思っていた所に、思いもよらない偶然・・・なんと、同じ日にマレーシアからパリに移動していた姉一家と、空港のトイレの入口でばったり！！
子ども達は想定外の叔母（私）との遭遇にやや人見知り気味（いつも最初はそう）。さすが、家族って引き寄せるもんだね〜とびっくり感心しながらも、姉一家はスムーズなトランジットで２０分ほど一緒にいれただけで、記念写真を撮ってお別れ。それでもそのおかげで、この旅行は守られているから大丈夫と確信。そしてラウンジでいい感じの長椅子を見つけ昼寝して過ごしゲートに向かうと、今度は名前が呼ばれて、なんと初めての座席のアップグレード！わーい、初めてのビジネスクラスでシャンパンを飲みながら、この旅はとっても良い旅になるとますます確信したのでした・・・。続きは少しずつ、お楽しみに。
I'm back from a trip to Europe! Such a wonderful time and I still cannot really accept my reality yet…
I had a really amazing surprise at Amsterdam where I landed for a transit on the way. When I was about to leave an airport restroom there, somebody called my name, "Hanae?" and there stood my eldest sister and her daughter!! What a surprise! but we were very happy and just amazed at the coincidence that happened at the most unlikely place to happen!! But thanks to that, I was assured that this trip is protected and everything will be alright. Unlike my transit, which took more than 6 hours, my sister's was pretty smooth so we could only stay together for about 20 min.. We said good-bye till the brother's wedding (both of us were heading toward our brother's wedding in France). After that, I found a cozy reclined chair in an isolated place, took a nap, got to the gate and finding that my seat was upgraded for a business class for the first time!
Wow I told you this trip is going to be alright, but it ended up to be more than just alright…, it was wonderful!! More stories coming up...