This is us, failing our vacation. By this time today, we were supposed to be well into our ski trip weekend. I would be sitting in a cafe, coffee and book in hand, ready to meet up with Tim and the kids at the end of a day on the slopes. Tim’s been planning this ski meet-up for months. But when his training popped up on the schedule, we knew we would have to cut our travel pretty close if we wanted to make it work.

So while most of the families and skiers were settling into the ski resort, we were still making our way there. The storm that promised epic snow caused our flight to get cancelled, and all the remaining seats evaporated while we worked our way through customs.

But this is the beauty of our life right now… We figured that no matter how stuck we were, we were lucky enough to be in Narita, with all four of us together. So we grabbed dinner, regrouped, booked a hotel for the night, and found a new flight for this afternoon. Today we got to spend a glorious spring day together, explore the Narita temple and poke through the pedestrian shopping district near the temple. The weather was chilly but clear, the grounds are beautiful, and we had a really fun day together. All-in-all, it’s been a lovely day. It’s hard to believe all that beauty is only 10 minutes away from a major international airport.

We’ll be back on track with our previously scheduled ski weekend tomorrow. There should be plenty of snow!