LONG Flight

Everyone always says how far away Asia is from Boston, but I don't think anything can prepair you or really relay HOW far Asia is from Boston!

Sam and I departed Manus's apartment (courtesy of Taxi de Margot Lubin ;) at the ripe hour of 4:00 a.m. We hadn't gotten to bed until 1:30 because we figured we would sleep on the plane (big mistake to make that assumption). Our flight departed for San Fran at 6:00 a.m.. The flight to San Fran was fine, although neither of us slept that much because we were excited. So far so good. We had a nice lay-over in SF, checking out Gucci and Burburry (so I could better spot which knock off's are this season and which were last when we encounter them!)

We boarded for our flight to Seoul, which was an 11 hour flight (not to mention with crappy TV's and shitty movies... like "A night at the Museum" and "The Proposal"). They played these on re-peat the entire flight. Having paid the premium to have Tetris on my iphone I figured this would keep me busy for a few hours... then, my battery died. All that was left to do was annoy Sam! He had brought his Audio Tenchinca, fancy head phones, which are exponentially more comfortable than my beat up apple ear buds. Occasionally he would let me listen to a song, when he slipped away to the bathroom or stood up to stretch.

As we departed the plane is Seoul we yawned with jealous eyes at the Business and First Class seats.... how comfortable and relaxed those passengers must be! They were long gone by the time we departed the plane.

We slept on and off throughout our flights, but it was a challenge because we were laterally chasing the sun around the world. Not to mention how difficult it is to sleep sitting up with all of the blood swelling in your feet. (Those of you who have done this trip understand what I'm talking about).

When we arrived in Seoul it was like arriving in OCD heaven. Sam and I marveled at how clean, modern, and not ugly the airport was. In the ladies rest room they even had this plastic covering over the toilet seat and when you pressed a button it rotated to fresh plastic. I can't even imagine how wasteful this is!

We had about an hour in Seoul which went by quickly. We even got Dunkin Dounuts coffee! At one point Sam looked at me and said "Maggie, everybody here is Asian" and I looked right back at him and said, "I know!" I don't know what either of us expected but everything is SO different. We are completely out of our comfort zones (and really excited about it).

Our flight to Hanoi from Seoul was AWESOME! We flew Asiana Air. They had hot towels, better TV's, and Transformers 2.... who can complain watching Shaia LaB's sarcasm and Megan Fox's hotness for 2 hours?... again, no sleep though. A total of 28 travel hours later, and about 3 hours sleep over the course of 48 hours... we made it! Relatively argument free for that matter.

This morning we begin our first day in Hanoi, and talk about noise pollution!! Honk Honk, Beep Beep, 24/7! Glad I brought ear plugs. Looking forward to going to bed again, but first we must explore for a few hours.