12:50 am flights to Asia are the best

I've decided that when flying to Asia, any flight after midnight is the best. After an incredibly long day at work on Tuesday followed by a quick stop at the shoe repair store to pick up my boots with new soles, I frantically grabbed a cab to Vinny's apartment to pack. I had the worse cabbie in the world who decided to take me across town using 57th Street during tourist season. What part of go crosstown on 97th did he not understand? Anyways, I saw the pretty lights at Time Warner and frantically packed from 6:30-9:45 pm and then Vinny and I took off for JFK at 10 pm.

We boarded our non-stop flight from JFK to Seoul at 12:25 am and promptly took off at 12:50 am. Needless to say, we were both exhausted so I fell asleep before the plane even left the runway and peacefully slept for 7 whole hours and then spent the rest of the 15 hour flight happily watching the great in-flight movies: Julie and Julia (great movie, thanks Rachel for recommending that I watch it) The Time Traveler's Wife, My Sister's Keeper (yep I looked pathetic bawling my eyes out on the airplane) and my favorite parts from the Ugly Truth (Jess, remember when we went to see that together?)

The flight was completely booked so Vinny and I unfortunately had the two middle seats but it wasn't as bad as we thought. It amazed me that the guy sitting next to me could sleep for 13 of the 15 hours of the flight, and spend the other 2 hours eating two delicious pieces of chocolate cake that he had brought on board. It was very funny watching him spring out of his seat when the flight attendant accidently almost crushed his plastic container when she was helping another passenger put their carry-on luggage in the overhead bin.

We arrived in Seoul this morning at 4:30 am and cleared passsport and customs without any problems. We took an airport shuttle operated by Korean Airlines to our hotel (The Ramada Seoul) and arrived at 7:30 am. There was not a room available for us to check into yet so Vinny and I decided to go book a morning city tour of Seoul and eat a quick breakfast. Breakfast was quite the adventure... (blog post will be continued soon, it's almost midnight in Seoul and I have to run back to the room to wish Vinny a Happy New Years)