Struggling to remember everything that has happened so far

I guess the point of the blog is both so that people can know what I am doing while abroad, and also so that I write down what happens, so that I will remember everything.  This post is five days late, as I did not create this blog until 20 minutes ago, so for the next few days I will be playing catch up.  Sorry if my posts for now are a little concise.

Saturday morning.  got up early to go to the airport.  met Richard in front of the gate.  Flew to chicago.  fairly uneventful flight.  We did meet two other TaLK scholars sitting the row in front of us, so it was relieving to find friends so early on.

I found it very interesting, and baffling, how empty the flight was.  Houston had cancelled the previous morning's flights to Chicago, so i expected half a million people trying to get on any available flight for the next couple days.  Just the opposite, our flight was not even half full.  I don't think i have ever been on a plane that empty.

The best part of that flight was that two seats away from me, I was in the aisle, no one in the middle seat, and she by the window, was a lady that only spoke spanish.  Of course, the steward who was going around didn't speak spanish, so I translated between the two.  I will be the first to admit that my spanish is limited to say the least, but i was proud to have the skills to ask her menial things such as what she wanted to drink.

layover in Chicago.  Met more TaLKees.

Korean Air is probably the best airline i have ever flown on.  all of the stewardess were not only extremely kind, but also bilingual at least, and some even spoke languages such as Arabic and Thai.  The food was also really good.  All things considered, and even though i was in a middle seat, I was impressed and enjoyed my flight.  Many movies and TV shows were censored a lot.  i still got the meaning of the movie and such, but i am not sure if it was cuz of the movies i watched (Easy A, The Social Network, and the Tudors) or the airline itself.

I got to Incheon airport in one piece (always a good sign) met up with a couple other flights of TaLK people, and then came to Korea University's Sejong Campus.  I am not actually in Seoul, but we take frequent trips there during free time and even as part of orientation.

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