*** Quoting Bj”rn Forsstr”m from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> might use just a backpack each, but thats just so we dont have to bother
 CS> to check baggage in and out.

BF> But you have to carry the backpack to and from the trains and the whol
BF> untill you find a room and my body isn't made for hard work.

Not really any different from carrying it to the airport and to your room. 
We ¨pack light.  Last trip, we had to check one bag but only of my work
uniforms. ¨We wouldnt have had to do that if i didnt have to go to school
for that 2 ¨weeks.

BF>> Eh...Why not? Don't you have Avis?

 CS> We have rental places, but the laws here are very different and your
 CS> license where you are probably wont work here.  Also as you do not have
 CS> Japanese insurance, you will have to pay extra (quite expensive) to cover
 CS> that.  I ran into that same insurance mess when we were stateside
 CS> not have USA insurance so had we rented a car there, we had to pay 20$ a
 CS> day more.  We opted to use a cab as it cost less in the long run.

BF> Ops, doesn't sound good for a turist that.
BF> Wonder why they have those laws. Haven't heard anything like that befo

Different driving rules.  This isnt europe where your insurance will cover
from ¨country to country.
                                       xxcarol

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