Home Soil

After waiting several hours to board our flight to South Korea, we were on our way.  Since we were departing close to midnight, it was going to be pretty difficult to delay sleeping during our five hour first leg to Seoul.  But with the help of in-flight Tetris and The Shawshank Redemption (one of my favorites), I managed to get by with sleeping only an hour or so.  But the three and a half hour layover in Korea was formidable.

There is nothing more vulnerable than falling asleep from exhaustion at an international airport with vital personal belongings scattered loosely about your person.  In moments like these, I am grateful that most of those around me are also weary travelers rather than desperate pickpockets.  There is like an unwritten code with frequent travelers that you do not do to others what you would hate for someone to do to you!

So we left at 11:15 PM Thai time on February 17th and landed at 6:30 AM Korean time on February 18th.  After our layover, we departed for Atlanta at 9:30 AM or so local time on February 18th and landed around 9:15 AM Atlanta time also on February 18th!!  Pretty crazy, huh?  Gracy's parents met us at the airport and whisked us home.

There was quite a tearful reunion both at the airport and at the house.  Our children saw our dog Daisy for the first time in 18 months.  Here is a photo of us right after walking in the front door!