My Flight to Korea

I have been in Korea for 2 weeks now and I can't believe how fast time is going. When I first landed here I was so tired after sitting on the plane for 12 hours. I didn't sleep the night before I left for many reasons, mostly it was because I was scared of what was going to happen in the next few hours. Luckily I found out another girl was flying on the same two flights I was so that made me feel better.

When I got to the airport I was so relieved to find out that both of my bags weighed exactly 50 lbs, the max they could weigh. I also found out that I didn't have to pay for my bags even though the email said I would have to pay.

The flight to San Francisco was only 2hours and it went pretty fast, and my layover there was only 2 hours. During that 2 hours I had to walk to the other side of the airport exit the secure area to go through security again. I was worried I would miss my flight, but luckily I got there with 20 minutes to spare.

My flight to Korea was long but at least I had my iPad and a tv screen on the seat in front of me that had a bunch of movies and tv shows on demand. I tried watching some movies I hadn't seen before but finally stopped because I kept falling asleep during them. I think I remember about 20 minutes of Rio. The worst part of the flight was that I was sitting in-between two guys, so it was awkward because they both used the arm rest on either side of me, so I didn't have much room.

When I got to Korea the first thing I noticed was how humid it is. The last time I felt this kind of humidity was when I was in New York City. I had to go through a lot of checkpoints to finally get to my luggage. Luck for me in Korea the luggage carts are free because I had 3 bags plus my laptop bag to take with me.

When I collected all my stuff I went to go find where all the English teachers had to meet. I was excited because when I got out to where people meet the passengers my friend Seong Woo was there to greet me. He was so nice he helped me find an ATM so I could get some money and get my cart to meet up with all the other EPIK (English Program In Korea) teachers. I checked in and then waited for my bus to load. Seong Woo helped me get my stuff to the bus and then I was off to my week of orientation at Kyung Hee University.

Here is a picture Seong Woo took of us at the airport. I was so tired and hot, can't you tell.


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