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“Sarah”, I say, “are you taking your passport with you?” She glances back at me with eyes that peek over her reading glasses. “Just wait for me in Okayama when you get there.”
Sarah is parched and on a quest for a beverage. The problem is she only has two minutes at a Shinkansen stop outside of Kyoto to get off the bullet train, purchase three beers (one for each of us) and hop back on the train to resume her travels in her reserved seat.
I secretly think this is a crazy quest, because if she does not succeed, I will likely be the one struggling to navigate with her suitcase and mine, and mine is already bulging with souvenirs. I fast forward to dreamy images of me hoisting her red trimmed luggage down the overbearing staircases that haunt every foreign traveler. David and I peer out the train window trying to catch a glimpse of Sarah racing through the train platform. Just then she appears, in less than thirty seconds with a giant smile and three cans of cold ASAHI beer. Once again I am impressed with her tenacity!
Posted by Amy Smith Linton, Tampa, FL on 04/23 at 12:59 PM
Hollis wouldn’t say it, but man, would he be proud of your fetching and traveling skills, Sarah!
Posted by Jenny Baxley Lee, on 04/22 at 02:24 PM
I love it! You can’t stop a woman on a mission!
Posted by Lois Raffel, St Pete Beach on 04/22 at 11:20 AM
What a great traveling companion to have!
Lois
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Posted by Christy Hallas, Yardley, PA on 04/23 at 02:57 PM
This is my favorite post yet, it brought a great big smile to my face immediately followed by the sharp pain of jealousy in the gut. I can soooooooooooo see you guys doing this. Go Sarah Go.
As always I’m somehow sucker’d into some kind of family duty (which I love). You so shoulda seen Bryant and I at Erik’s 26 grammar school reunion. I don’t even know what that means-a 26 grammar school reunion. Erik was shameless talking up his amazing wife and beautiful daughter, color photos and all. I saw a couple of women give their husbands that “why can’t you be more like that guy” look. I must say the school janitor looked fabulous. Some kinda special skin regime.
We miss you!
CH and BL