Trying Not To Crack Too Many Cheesy Seoul Jokes...

So,  haven't been able to switch my blog account from Korean to English, so until I actually learn Hongul, Im pretty much blogging blind. Bear with me.

Arrived here last night at 10:45, somewhere in the 5:00 am range California time. We boarded from San Francisco at 1:15 California time (monday), had a 15 minute layover in Nerita, Tokyo Airport at 7 pm (tuesday)...not nearly long enough for me.. and got to Seoul at 10:45.

 The flight was long, but fun. Curt and I both love airplanes, so despite the sleep deprivation an crowding, we did pretty well!

Met this little lady going to Tokyo. She played with us the whole trip. I think she liked Curtis more than me, but I had the better iPad games. So HA!

This was all we got to see of Tokyo when we arrived. We'll go back this trip, but until then, I will settle for a bathroom and a vending machine. :-P

So we arrived late at night by Seoul standards...

And BOY WERE WE IN TROUBLE!

Mr. Joe, our contact, was very upset that we were so late, and as we couldn't find the Arrival Store kiosk (which turned out was closed) and had to grab our luggage and go through immigration, he was not happy. It wasn't a very friendly first minutes in Seoul and required the best of my Korean abilities and Curt's imposing white male stature.

Mr. Joe: "Something in Korean that probably means 'how dare you make me wait!" *taps watch and glares, shakes head and clucks, then promptly  walks very quickly to the door as we protest that our package is still in the airport and it has our phones etc. in it*

Me:  ANIYO! (no!!) *follows Curt outside, who is following a fast-walking Mr. Joe. (bear in mind, I am carrying a 40 lb bag on my back and 2 rollers, plus purse and jacket)

Mr. Joe: *now across the street at the absolutely freezing airport, waving furiously to us* "Something in Korean that probably means 'hurry up you western barbarians! You are making me late!"

Us: "ANNNIIIYYYOOO!!! (Noooooooo!!!!) *waves him back, trying out our best sign-language to tell him we still have things in the airport.*

And after a lot of this, he finally helped us in the airport, to little avail because everything was closed. Oh, and we still managed to forget a bag at Incheon which we will be going back for this morning.

After the all time scariest taxi ride of our life, we landed here at Cloud 9, where Mr. Joe left us with the English speaking hotel clerk. Come to find out, our coordinator booked the wrong day for us to check in, so luckily, to keep the peace, the clerk gave us a free night. The floors are hot, the bathroom is small and the plugs are wierd, but altogether, a good place to stay.

So here we are in Seoul! The weather is gorgeous, sunny and cold. Curt got us breakfast at the 7eleven next door....

Today we will go fetch the rest of our luggage and go have lunch near the river Han (the same park where they filmed "The Host". Tomorrow we will be taking a city/palace tour and most likely having dinner with a Sac State Union friend.

Signing off for now!