Things never go as smoothly as you want
This summer is bound to be an unusual experience. Not only will it be my first Summer Olympics experience, it will also be my first Olympics experience in a huge city and in case anyone has forgotten, there is also the whole pandemic thing that has been an issue. When the Olympics were postponed last year, I had already sent my deposit for the accommodations to the Tokyo Organizing Committee. The deposit accounted for half of the cost of my hotel rooms in Tokyo for the Summer Olympics. After the deliberations with the hotels, Tokyo 2020 announced that we were able to stay in the same rooms that we had reserved in 2020 during the 2021 Olympics. A couple of weeks ago, we were sent the invoice for the second half of our accommodations payment. Unlike the Beijing 2022 Olympic Committee (more on that later), Tokyo accepted US dollars as payment. I went to TD Bank and the new assistant manager, Maggie, was able to help me make the wire transfer to Tokyo and a couple days later, my accou...