Flights and South Korea

 

        I officially began my journey on Wednesday the 10th. After a boring layover in Los Angeles I was finally able to board my first long flight to South Korea. For some reason I thought this flight was only 8 hours long. Apparently I was wrong because it was 12. I mean I could have actually read my itinerary and caught on much sooner, but why in the world would I do that? This was my first time flying with Korean Air. I must say the experience was nice. Not as nice as flying Emirates, but then again who is? Anyway, the flight screens or mini tvs all came with remote controls that you could flip over and use for gaming if you wanted! I'm not much of a gamer, however I can honestly say it was one of the quietest flights I've ever been on with small children and I have no doubt this was one of the reasons why. 

 

     The food was also pretty good. The first meal I chose beef stew with mashed potatoes. The other option was spicy and I'm as white as they come so you know I can't take the heat. While I was thrilled that I was actually able to fall asleep on this flight, I sadly woke up and missed snack time. Everyone had these little mini sandwiches. I packed my own snacks so I was able to get by, but I wanted that sandwich! Later on they served us breakfast. I was wide awake at what I thought was about 6 am. I ate my omelet, felt pretty darn good about setting myself up for success with the timezone change and then it happened....I discovered it was only 3 am! Major face palm moment. When we arrived in South Korea it was only 5 am. Krispy Kreme wasn't even open yet.

 I can already picture everyone's face saying "ewwww gross" however airplane food always tastes better than it looks. Also, whenever you're hungry you'll eat what they give you and be happy about it, lol. 

So there I am in South Korea's airport at 5 am. I have no gate assignment yet so I have no idea were I'm supposed to be going. Terminal 1? Terminal 2? I decided to go to terminal 2. The entryway had Korean Air listed so I decided to chance it. Now what to do....?

 

    First I needed to find a comfortable place to sit. Although I really wanted to go back to sleep there was no way I'd let myself fall asleep in an airport alone. Granted it was an extremely clean and safe airport, but I never let my guard down. After playing multiple rounds of cheeks in a chair I finally decided to sit near Krispy Kreme. To my surprise they actually opened early that day, so of course I had to get something I wouldn't probably find in the U.S. I settled on a year of the dragon (Chinese New Year) doughnut filled with chocolate. He died a very quick death.

 

  While I was devouring my doughnut and trying to figure out what I was going to do for the next 6 hours, something crazy zipped right past me. This woman and her child were walking around shopping, but instead of carrying their bags themselves a robot was doing it! Ok so it wasn't your typical robot shaped like a man. It was this machine, as you will see in the picture that walks ahead of whomever is using it. Where it came from, if there were more, or if it had to be rented to use.....I have no idea. What I do know is we've got it all wrong in America. We also have a ton more people so maybe it wouldn't work out here. I can picture it now....traffic jams at La Cantera between shops, people mixing up robots, dramaaaa. Regardless, it was still pretty darn neat to see.

 The rest of my time in Seoul was pretty boring. I couldn't leave the airport and those cultural displays I read about were nowhere to be found.  Finally, I boarded my last flight which was to Kathmandu, Nepal. My last flight which I mistakenly thought was 5 hours long was actually 8. Once again I was not on top of anything, but in my defense I was so tired by this point that it no longer mattered. I had also managed to watch 5 of the 6 movies from The Lord of The Rings series. At this point in my day I could have been in the shire for all I knew.

 

This is where my luck changed. I had a whole row of seats ALLLLL to myself! After they feed us I was able to lay alllll the way down with my pillows and blanket and pass out. One minute Gandalf was alive and the next thing I knew he was dead. It was glorious and it will probably never happen again. Then before I knew it I was at the airport....