Saturday, August 15, 2009

This morning I had a few hours before we needed to leave for the airport so I packed and then walked into Sinchon to do a little more shopping. I also got some sandwiches and pastries from Paris Baguette cafe. I got back to the dorm (after a sweaty walk uphill in 90 degree, humid weather) around 1:00. We had already checked out of our rooms so I hung out with my fellow Simmons classmates in the lobby until 2:00 when one of the Yonsei students arrived to bring us to the bus stop. While I was waiting I had my sandwich and pastry and bought one last ice cream cone novelty at the convenience store.

There was a lot of traffic so it took about 15 minutes to get to the bus stop even though it's only about a 1/2 mile outside the school gate. We waited about 10 minutes until the airport shuttle arrived. It made a couple more stops and then went straight to the airport, which is about 45 minutes away. We checked in, went through customs, etc. and waited for our 6:15 flight. The Incheon airport is brand new and really nice. There were a ton of seats near the gate and the terminal had high ceilings and glass walls.

Our flight back was actually quite pleasant. The in-flight entertainment system was working this time so I watched 3 movies and listened to some music. Like the flight out we got 2 full meals and a big snack. We got to Atlanta around 6:00, which was the same time we had left Seoul. Our flight to Boston then left at 9:50 and we got to Boston a little after midnight. In total I think we experienced 37 hours of "Saturday." That made up for the Friday night we lost on the way over.