I'M HERE!!

Made it to Seoul after a 22 hour long trip. HOLY HELL was that one long day!  I got up at 4 a.m. Wednesday and arrived at I don't know  what time Thursday night Korean time. I think it was around 9 p.m. ish. I lost a day in there somewhere. 

That flight SUCKED. the seats were TINY, there was ONE tv, but the only rows that could actualy  SEE it were the first 4 rows or so. Guess where I sat? YEP the next to last row.  And did I get the window seat I requested when I bought my ticket 2 months in advance? nope. I got SMASHED in the middle row, between 2 people. One stank to high heaven, and the other lady fell asleep on MY SHOULDER!

ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME???

so I get up to use the bathroom, and in the last row, there is a guy in the centre row, ( that has 4 seats like my row) only hes ALL BY HIMSELF! he's stretched out, laying down, reading . I asked the flight attendant ( a nice one) could I sit in an empty seat if I saw one open. she says sure. So I tap mr. comfy  and ask him if I could sit at the end of his row? he says sure. so I go get my stuff. well this red headed HATEFUL flight wench  sees me sit down and she says to me " He was TRYING to lay DOWN!!" I smiled at her and said WELL I asked him if I could sit here and he said yes." She did the "hmph" thing and stormed off. 

mr comfy was very nice  and we chatted a bit off and on during the 12 hour leg of the trip, and later on, he asked if I could move my carry on bag because he was going to lay on the floor so he could stretch out all the way. ( he was like 6 foot something) I said sure thing. well miss bitch comes BACK and even tells ANOTHER attendant to 'come look at what she did NOW! She shoved him out of his seat and into the FLOOR!!" ( hands on her hips, shaking her ugly red head)." I sat up, and told her I DID NOT DO ANYY THINNNGG! I DIDNT SHOVE HIM OUT OF HIS SEAT, I DIDNT SHOVE HIM IN THE FLOOR EITHER! " 

old bat bugged her eyes out at me.

her friend gave me the thumbs up ( HA!)

mr. comfy kept on snoring.

I finaly got to Seoul, and just followed the flow of traffic. The signs didnt say "baggage claime" It said  "Arrivals" and had a picture of a suitecase on wheels, so  figgured well there are a thousand people heading this way, and I just 'ARRIVED, so, it must be the right way to go! Then everyone stopped at these doors and I waited for the english words to appear after the Korean words ... ok now Im waiting on a TRAIN?? WTH? 

ok so I'll keep following the crowd. 

about a bazillion people cram onto a 'train' which actualy looks like a subway thingy. ( Ive never been on one of those either but Ive seen them in movies though) were litery CRAMMED in there so tight that when it jerks on take off, I WOULD have fallen over, but were packed in so tight, nothing happens!

When we stop, everyone POURS out and heads up to stand in line to get passports stamped, and head to baggage claim. THIS takes forever. 

FINALY I get my 2 bags, ( oh and in Korea you dont have to pay for the luggage carts! they are free! YOU GO KOREA!) 

Chris was right there waiting for me and I heard his voice the second I walked out of the baggage area! It was the best sound EVER!! : )

Our hotel driver is NUTS! He ran red lights all the way here! The hotel is older, but decent. Chris decided to stay at 'the Oceanside' rather than the Dragon Hill Lodge" He just wanted to get totaly away from the military post for a while. The floors are heated, and the bed is HARD! But the decor is really pretty! We have a jacuzzi tub, and the dude at the desk  has offered to take us around anywhere we want to go for a decent price. so thats nice. 

Tomorow we are going to do some SHOPPING!!!! YIPPEEE!! Im so wide awake right now, I wish it was daytime. this jet lag blows.