Korea, I am finally here!

Well since the day and times are all messing with me it is hard to say the days these happened so I will do my best:

Wednesday evening: I could not sleep at all, to nervous about the flight. Mary and I spent a lot of time together. I think I fell asleep about 3 am.

Thursday: This was the big day. I got three hours of sleep though. We drove strait through to the airport with no problems. I got to the airport in Chicago about 9:45 am Chicago time, and the flight took off about 1:30 pm. I am not sure why I was told to have a three hour wait because I got right in the airport and was waiting from 10 am until about 1 pm. Maybe it is in case there are problems.

The flight was very uneventful. The bad thing was they sat me next to the wing in between two people. I was sick the whole trip due to motion sickness. The food was great. They served noodles with Korean beef for lunch and for dinner chicken and rice. They had this interesting roll with meat in it. Not sure what it was, except that it was delicious. The flight went over Michigan, Wisconsin, and several of the Rockie states, Canada, Russia, Japan, and finally Korea. I got several hours of sleep on the plane toward the end of the flight though.

Arrival: When I got there, there were these cards that I was given on the plane and I thought it was to fill out in front of the immigration (the way it worded it on the back of the paper made me think this. So I waited in line for about 20 minutes and then the girl told me I had to fill it out, so I went and filled it out and had to spend another 20 minute wait. I had a hard time finding the right baggage claim area for my stuff, but it may have been because the set it to the side because that is where I found it since it took a while at immigration. Next I went through customs and that was quick. Just handed a card to this guy and I went out. I was met by a teacher who has been here for a couple of years. We rode a bus to Chungju from Seoul. The Bus ride was 7 dollars (I did not have to pay for it and he bought me kim bop (Korean sushi). It was very delicious. There were two things that blew my mind on the trip back:

1. The roads were narrow and there were several times on these highways were the bus and two other cars were in the same exact lane.
2. I counted about one hundred cars in a row that had some kind of digital screen by the driver (this was when I started noticing a trend). I am not sure what it does except it may be a GPS system, a radio, newsbroadcaster, and a autopayer at toll roads.

We got to Chungju about 10 pm Korean time where I met the director Mr. Lee and he took me to my apartment. He gave me a cell phone to use with his number in case I had questions or had problems in Korea. I was thankful for this. He also had a few odds and ends for me such as bottled water, juice, milk and bread.

Today I am going to see some of Chungju and buy things for the apartment such as food.