Journey To Korea!

We made it!  It took ~18-19 hours for us to get to this spot outside of Incheon International Airport last night, but Daniel and I finally made it.  I was planning on writing my first post the night before so that I could write about all of the excitement and anxiety that I was feeling... you know, so that I could laugh at myself a year from now.  x)  Unfortunately, I was too busy packing to blog, so this will just have to do.

Our families said goodbye to us in Orange County, which made the first flight to San Francisco pretty emotional.  I have never been this far away from home so this move really is a huge step out of my comfort zone.  Fortunately, by the time we made it to San Francisco, I was feeling less emotional and less anxious.  The flights were slightly delayed because President Obama was in town ("There is Presidential movement in the Bay Area," is what we kept hearing over the intercom).  Thankfully, we had enough time to eat our last American meal (cheeseburgers, of course!) and got onto my first international plane.  While on the plane, I watched In Time because I missed my mom and she really liked that movie, Glee Concert because I missed my LLS Josephine and she is a Gleek, and Crazy, Stupid, Love because... well, I just like Ryan Gosling.  ;)  I guess the wait wasn't too bad.  Oh, and Daniel and I must have drank a whole 2L of Sprite during that 11.5 hour flight!  x)  Thankfully, the food was delicious and the flight itself was smooth.

I expected the airport in Seoul to be crowded and busy on a Saturday night, but it was very quiet and empty.  I got to use my phrasebook for the first time to ask for change for my 1000 won bill!  (I was very scared to ask... but she understood me, so that was awesome!)  We went on our first bus in Korea and our first taxi to our hotel in Seoul.  So far, everyone here has been nice -- A lady on the bus said that I was pretty (even though I was an absolute mess, lol) and gave us her number in case we had any questions about Korea! We probably won't call her, but it was a nice gesture.

We managed to come into Korea with four hours left for Daniel's birthday.  Although it's already the 19th over here, it is still the 18th back home so we will go out and celebrate today.  So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY!  :D  Your present is an entire year of adventures in Korea.  :P

That was a pretty exhaustive and probably one of those TL;DR type of posts... but I really just wanted to get this blog up and running!  Don't worry, most of my posts will not be this long.  x) Today we will probably walk around the area, so expect a post later on our first adventure.  :)