Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

[Seat0B]

A few lessons here about proactive compensation offers when things don't run to plan - QF could well take note of this.

 

[drron]

Yes we really like JAL because of those little things.
One other thing is that i have been involved in a few medical incidents in flight. One was on QF1 when somewhere over the Middle East a 90 year old woman had a stroke. Well before the days of thrombolysis so I said I don't think diversion is necessary. So I spent most of the time sitting next to the woman in Y rather than next to Mrsdrron in J. My reward. A bottle of the J red. Told QF would be in touch. Still haven't been called 28 years later. Forget these stories of being upgraded to F.
A little later on a JAL flight NRT - JFK. Was a call for a doctor just after we passed over Chicago. A Japanese woman on chemotherapy had become gravely ill. In fact found out to be Septicaemia. The woman had a letter from her Japanese physician who was worried about this happening so she had vials of a couple of IV antibiotics. JAL also had a good medical kit so I was able to put in an IV and commence the antibiotics. The Purser assigned an FA to be the translator. I gave the OK to continue on to JFK as it had already been arranged for admission to hospital on Arrival. So walked off the plane with 2 bottles of Sake, a JAL model and later received a personal letter from the JAL President with a translator and a coupon to be used on JAL.
Thanks QF.

 

[bluebagger05]

Yes we really like JAL because of those little things.
One other thing is that i have been involved in a few medical incidents in flight. One was on QF1 when somewhere over the Middle East a 90 year old woman had a stroke. Well before the days of thrombolysis so I said I don't think diversion is necessary. So I spent most of the time sitting next to the woman in Y rather than next to Mrsdrron in J. My reward. A bottle of the J red. Told QF would be in touch. Still haven't been called 28 years later. Forget these stories of being upgraded to F.
A little later on a JAL flight NRT - JFK. Was a call for a doctor just after we passed over Chicago. A Japanese woman on chemotherapy had become gravely ill. In fact found out to be Septicaemia. The woman had a letter from her Japanese physician who was worried about this happening so she had vials of a couple of IV antibiotics. JAL also had a good medical kit so I was able to put in an IV and commence the antibiotics. The Purser assigned an FA to be the translator. I gave the OK to continue on to JFK as it had already been arranged for admission to hospital on Arrival. So walked off the plane with 2 bottles of Sake, a JAL model and later received a personal letter from the JAL President with a translator and a coupon to be used on JAL.
Thanks QF.

@drron, yet another reason I love the way Japanese companies treat their customers, there is something about being grateful for your business and not to mention mutual respect that is sadly missing in the West.

 

[drron]

The next day was overcast with showers so the view wasn't spectacular, There was a big turnover of ferries.





Our room had a balcony but the door was locked. It did have a key behind glass which was to be broken in an emergency. The Balcony was actually the fire escape.

 

[drron]

Next was breakfast. At last tomato juice was available.


Though I don't know about these choices.









I did prefer the Kimpton breakfast.

 

[drron]

After breakfast I went for a walk. The buildings in this area usually have some greenery outside.


And dedicated bike parking.


But this was my destination just behind a children's playground.



It is right beside the Shinkansen tracks and several other local lines.

But inside just beautiful. Of course as soon as I got there it started to rain and stopped as I left.

 

[drron]

A pictorial.

 

[drron]

It's just the end of the spider lily season.

 

[drron]

As you can see when this property belonged to the Meiji Emperors you looked over the ocean from the hill in the preceding picture. Now just office blocks.

 

[drron]

 

[drron]

 

[drron]

First signs of autumn.

 

[drron]

Until now I hadn't noticed any large fish but then I saw this. they were in shallow water pushing the sand aside presumably to eat something.



Back to the garden. i really love Japanese gardens and can spend the whole day walking around one.

 

[drron]

The only coloured koi I saw were these 2 just as I was about to leave, One thought I was going to be the source of food.

 

[drron]

As I said the gardens were right beside the train tracks so I walked back besides the tracks for somw train spotting.







And the automatic train to Odaiba.

 

[drron]

There were little gardens most of the way outside the office buildings. this one was quite extraordinary. You got to it by walking down from the building's entry via steps or a winding pathway. I chose the path. Some more signs of autumn.

 

[drron]

A lovely footpath with gingko trees one side and mostly an azalea hedge the other.


This is walking beside Hama -rikyu gardens where I will walk the next day. Just a little glimpse in.

 

[drron]

I then walked back along a path overlooking the ferry wharves.







The IC with our room with the curtains open.

 

[drron]

The last of the walk.







That evening we explored a little of the ground floor.

 

[drron]

Although we don't do buffets the dinner buffet at the moment is an Autumn Hokkaido menu with a focus on seafood particularly salmon and crab so we decided to give it a go. cost 7000 yen -$A75. But for Americans a steal at $US47. So the selections.