Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!

[Ole Jacobsen <[e-mail]>]

Joel,

Spending the night at a hotel was one of the options listed on my 
website. The next steps would have been the airport express train
to Tokyo and the bullet train from there to Hiroshima. Not a whole
lot harder to get to than Yokohama or central Tokyo actually, but
yes, it takes more time.


Ole J. Jacobsen
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Joel Halpern wrote:

> For the Hiroshima meeting, I understood that Kansai was the better 
> airport.  However, when I went to make the reservations, I could not 
> get those flights.  (Yes, I was late making reservations.  My office 
> often adds meetings late, so I tend to have to book late.)  As such, 
> I ended up with a pretty unpleasant outbound routing, and due to 
> flight delays I ended up spending the night in a hotel near Narita, 
> and then taking a bus to get my plane to the Osaka local airport, to 
> take a taxi to the train, ...)
> 
> Hiroshima was a lovely city, and an effective venue.  But please, do 
> not claim it was easy to get to.
> 
> Yorus,
> Joel
> 
> PS: For those interested in unusual flight delays, the delay was 
> caused by the flight from IAD needign to stop in Chicago to pick up 
> an extra pilot, as one had called in sick.
> 
>