And We Are Off!

Brad and I have been talking about this trip for a year and now… it’s finally time to depart.

We left our house around 8 am after a good-bye to Evan. This is, in fact, our first time traveling overseas without him in tow. Brad and I have travelled overseas separately before meeting, but our trips to France and Italy were as a family.

Our flight out of Winnipeg was delayed but only by 10 minutes and our trip to Vancouver was uneventful. We did, however, discover that you don’t seem to get cookies or pretzels on the flight anymore. Good thing I packed some trail mix!

We had a very quick bite in Vancouver as we got in a bit late and our layover was only 90 minutes. We began boarding our flight to Seoul at 12:15 and were in the air by 1pm.

About an hour into our 11-hour journey, we were served our meal of Korean chicken and rice, which was far better than many of the airplane meals we’ve had before.

I slept for the first four-ish hours of the flight as I’m using the app “Time-shifter” to try and stave off jet lag. It basically tells you (based on your flight info) when to sleep, nap, caffeinate, and when to get light exposure. I’ll let you know how it goes!

Only seven hours left until we reach Seoul… yikes.

We finally made it to Seoul on Wednesday at 3:45 pm (local time). The plane ride wasn’t nearly as bad as I had envisioned, and I discovered where all the pretzel/cookie money went as we were served three meals on the flight! I’m not even sure what meals they were as we skipping over time zones like mad. Essentially, we lost half of Tuesday and half of Wednesday.

Anyway, time to rest and recharge in the airport lounge and then off to Hanoi at 7pm! We should arrive there at 10pm (local time) which will be 10 am for the MB folks at home!Read more