Here is a quick recap of the timing. We left Vineland in a light rain, drove through a very heavy rain and arrived at JFK at about 10:45am EDT. Once we were checked in and at our gate we grabbed some elevensies…glazed donuts for Kai and Daddy, sushi for Christina, fruit cups and drinks.

We took off at about 1:30pm and landed in Tokyo at 3:15ish PM Japan/Korea time on Tuesday.

This first flight was pretty good including Japan Air giving us great seats with lots of legroom! These new 777 jets are awesome! Less seats and more leg and head room though not very wide. We sat in economy but they were practically on verge of their premium economy missing only the reclining leg rest and over the should reading light. Kai was determined to be up for the entire trip always saying he wasn´t tired. He was up for 19 straight hours. What a trooper! There were lots of video games and movies to watch plus we brought fun activity books, coloring books and reading material for him.

At Narita Airport in Tokyo we had about 3 hours to spare so we first did a little walking to stretch out and then settled in for a nice meal at the Miso Cafe. We both had miso chicken and rice and I had some awesome french fries with mustard and ketchup sauce. Something tells me my definition of awesome is going to change greatly in the coming 11 days and may apply to anything familiar.

Kai slept for the entire stay over until we had to check his stroller for our connecting flight. This flight was on a 767 and not as nice by comparison but still a fine flight. Kai managed pretty well too at this point having had about 6 hours of sleep he was a bit refreshed and of course loved the games and movies.

We landed in Incheon, managed well through immigration, customs, baggage claim, etc. Kai really was a very adaptable traveler. We met our van driver (who was kind and helpful and gave us the sign with our name on it for keepsake (we have the one from Kai’s trip)). The drive is about an hour from Incheon to our hotel in Seoul. And this city seems to be very alive even at 11pm on a Tuesday night because there was a ton of traffic! We got to the hotel just after midnight on Wednesday morning but alas, Kai was refreshed(we got showers) and continually reminding me he didn’t need to sleep and even though he’s trying it’s not possible for him to sleep. So, we played Angry Birds for about an hour and we finally fell asleep around 2:30am. For me, I was up for over 2 1/2 straight days so even the 3.5 hours I was about to get will do the trick nicely. Now, on to breakfast and then to pack up our gifts and donations and make our way to meet our son. It’s now 7:18am on Wednesday, 6/12 and will meet him at 10am. Can’t wait!