On July 20 it was raining hard and I was walking
in the rain to attend the last Friday English Class
before summer vacation.
I wanted to read the story in the Chicken Soup
with all the members of the class.
After having a late lunch at home, I hurried to Narita
by local train by way of Nippori. It took a long time
to get to Narita Airport.
Having checked the meeting place, I changed yens
into NOK(ノルウェークローネ), SEK(スウェーデン
クローネ), DKK(デンマーククローネ) and Euro
(ユーロ). How complicated!
Norway does not belong to EU.
Then I went to Hotel Nikko Narita and stayed overnight.
The hotel was crowded with people from foreign countries.
I was glad many foreign tourists were coming to Japan
again!
On July 21 I got up early in the morning and left the
hotel before seven and went to Narita Airport.
There were so many tourists that it took a lot of time
to check in---security check, customs, passport control
and finally going to the boarding gate.
The plane SK0984 (SAS スカンジナビア航空) was full.
It took about 11 hours from Narita to Bergen(ベルゲン)
in Norway.