Our 24 hour Korean trip

Every Monday, the base has a military hop to Korea. The hop

comes back to our base the next morning. So I was thinking:

1. Eddie is gone for 6 weeks

2. I haven't done ANYTHING this summer, except teach summer

school

3. I wanted my hair braided

4. The hop is FREE <---- important factor!!

So I figured...LET'S DO IT!!

Here is a run down of how our last 36 hours went!

0645 - Report to the Passenger terminal with Elijah to check in for roll call...waiting, waiting, waiting to see if there were any open seats for us...

0745 - YES! We are 'in like Flynn; checked in again to get our tickets

0830 - boarded the plane and off we flew to our destination

1045 - arrived in Korea (on base) and processed through immigration

1130 - out the door - we didn't bring any luggage with us besides our carry on bags - in a taxi to the front gate of the base to do a little shopping

1150 - found the Dr. Fish pedi, manicure place.......awwww this is what I have been waiting for so badly.......fish that feast on the dead skin of my feet. YES! It tickles and no it doesn't hurt at all. Elijah and I had the feast nibbling away on our feet for 25 min!!!

After my pedi and mani (Elijah said that only girls do that kind of stuff - so he decided to p

lay his video game on the couch) We were hungry.

1530 - took the taxi back to base to see if there was any space available room in in lodging - really wanted to stay on base because I felt a lot safer on base -- no rooms:( So I made a reservation off base. It's not a bad neighborhood by any means -- it's just that when you live and work in a secure. military environment you get comfortable within that environment ..... especially in a foreign land when the emergency evacuation system is an escape rope! In case of emergency we were to tie this to the leg of the bed, throw it out the window and scale down the from the 5th floor. Needless to say...I didn't sleep very well that night!

1600 - Oh yeah - I forgot that we were hungry and we ate at Chili's on base - this may be no big treat to you all, but we have NO American commercial restaurants where we live -- so to see a Chili's is quite a BIG deal.

1700 - Off to check in to our hotel and relax for 20 min

1730 - walked around the shopping area again....Elijah wanted a toy

1830 - off to get my hair braided by the sweetest, Christian lady. She is from Camroon.

1900-midnight - getting my hair braided at her house...she had kids that Elijah played with and a college aged brother that taught Elijah about apartheid (kid-friendly version), since they lived in Africa before they moved to Korea 2 years ago. Elijah was really asking questions and into it too.

midnight to 0100 - walked back to the hotel, showered changed and fell asleep.

0400 - awake again (that's right 3 hours) and off to the passenger terminal for some hurry up and wait time!

0500 - checked in, waited for available seats, got tickets and waited, waited, waited and waited until the plane was ready to board at 0900!!

1145 - back in Japan!!!

Elijah slept for 4 hours once we got home, woke up and said he really liked his trip and wants to do it again.......my response you ask??? "Sweetie, let's just unpack from this trip first!"