We Made It!

For those of you who actually read this, we're here!  Our flights went well, and we arrived safely and in one piece.  The first flight to San Fran from Pittsburgh was a little cramped, but our 11 and a half hour flight from San Fran to Seoul was actually fairly comfortable and pretty accommodating.  They fed us two meals and a few snacks in between.  Also, every seatback had a TV screen on it and we could choose to watch any movie we wanted from a list of about 20.  We both watched 3 each.

   Our first meal on the plane was kind of funny.  The Korean flight attendant asked us if we wanted the beef, or the Korean meal they were serving called bibinbap (sounds like beep and bop).  Feeling extra culturally sensitive, we both chose the bibinbap.  I (Russell) will try anything, so I wasn't worried, but as soon as Jess saw the meal we were stuck with, her face changed and she looked at me and said, "I want the beef!" with this really puppy-doggish face.  She suffered through the whole meal.. it was funny.

  

So since then we got in our apartment and have been trying to get it to feel more like home.  We were left with quite a bit of good stuff; pots, pans, beds, sheets, a TV, a slightly filled fridge, and just about everything we need to get by.  It's just up to us now to put our touch on the place.  For the first 4 days here we didn't have internet in our apartment (hence the late blog post), and thank the Lord we just got it.  We also just got our boxes of household stuff we shipped via Fedex 2 weeks ago.  It was sitting in Seoul for about a week, and we were supposed to just sign some papers to get it.  Come to find out, we had to write a letter explaining that we weren't going to sell anything in it, and that it was all personal items.  So we were supposed to get it the next day, BUT there was discrepancy with the passport numbers they had for us and our actual passport numbers.  So it was delayed another day, but we finally got it today.  

Our digital camera is in those boxes, so as soon as we open them, we can get it out and take pictures of our apartment and city, and every other little experience we can fit on this blog.  And we hope you comment, so we know that you're thinking of us and wondering how we are doing.  God bless!