Welcome to Korea

I arrived late to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York due to weather that kept us in a holding pattern over Washington, D. C. for a while. Bit once I arrived, checked in, and exchanged money I met up with some fellow participants at our departure gate. We were going top be flying on a huge two story jumbo jet ! My first Korean meal took place on Korean Airlines about two hours into the fifteen hour flight. It consisted of biminbob, a traditional Korean vegetable and rice dish, seaweed soup, sectioned oranges and some type of vegetable pickle. The seaweed soup was actually pretty good. It tasted a little like collard greens. Topped it off with a little white wine to help me sleep. Twelve hours is a long time to stay awake on a plane! I wish I'd taken a picture of it. At 5:25 pm local time, 3:25 am central time, we landed at Seoul - Incheon International Airport. Fourteen and a half hours after leaving JFK . This flight was brutal. After an hour long bus ride we arrive at Seoul Garden Hotel. The streets of Seoul are busy. I'm on the 9th floor and I can still hear traffic. Dinner for me was at the McDonald’s across the street (why not? ) where I had something called a "Taste of Australia" burger. Then a quick jaunt to the 7-11 on the corner for bottled water and it was off to bed.