We Made It

After a very, and I do mean VERY long flight we touched down in Seoul around 5:30pm here. We are officially exhausted but so happy to be in Korea!
The airport was easy to navigate. Customs was a breeze. All our baggage arrived (huge praise!), and we were able to exchange our money right in the airport.
We walked out and immediately spotted the sign with our names. There were two other Holt families on our flight staying at another hotel that were being picked up also. Fun to meet other traveling families!

It was was about a 30 minute ride from the airport to DMCville where we are staying. Korea is beautiful. I can’t wait to really get out and see the sights!

The flight was great and because I’m always curious about the little details I’m going to share a bit more about it.

Korean Air was phenomenal. I mean seriously people they are a very service oriented organization. The flight attendants are stunning and oh so sweet. There were several babies on the plane and they went our of their way to make them happy. That eases my mind a little about our flight home.

We had our own personal little TV’s with a selection of movies, games, and television shows. There was a charger to plug in portable electronics between the seats and even a USB port beside each TV where I was able to plug in my phone. Maybe all international flights have these things..I have no clue but It’s good information to know if you’ll be flying Korea Air.

We ate two meals and several snacks throughout the flight. We had our travel agent tell the airline I had an allergy to mushrooms so I didn’t get a choice each time but that was fine by me.

This was my first meal. Grilled Chicken with Rice, carrots and broccoli, pineapple and grapes, and a roll.

And David chose Bi Bim Bop which is a traditional Korean dish. This was altered up some but it came with Rice, Beef, mushrooms, cucumber, onions, bean sprouts..and some other stuff. 😉 Then you add Sesame oil and some spicy paste that I’m sure has a name. They even gave him a little chart to show him how to put it together. 😉

For my 2nd meal I had a baked fish with lemon rice, salad, roll and fruit.

And David had some type of Shrimp Pasta with these itty bitty baby shrimp. Not what he is use to seeing down on the Gulf coast for sure! And he got carrot cake! Yum! 😉

I’m sure that’s more than most of you care to know but when you have a food allergy you always worry about these types of things so I thought it might help someone else know what to expect. We were also given roasted nuts, a banana, brownies, hot rolls.. It was a long flight so lots of food!

The biggest thing is we made it! We are figuring out things in our room and waiting for the kids to wake up so we can Skype with them and then we are off to bed. Our city tour is at 9:30 am! 🙂