Eurotrek 2011-04-16
Day 1 – 16 April Saturday
Well, the last minute tidying things up at home saw us get to bed at 11.30pm on Friday night with the alarm set for 1.45am Saturday morning for the drive to Sydney. A ten minute sleep in & we were on the road to Sydney in the thrifty rental car at 2.20am. A stopover at Pheasant’s Nest for a refuel of the rental & a walk around to keep me awake & arrived at Sydney international terminal at 5.30am. The rain was a bit of a pain in Sydney, but thankfully stopped when we parked the rental & walked into the terminal. We found the Thrifty key drop after a bit, then checked in at 6am on Korean Air KE122 to Seoul. Boarded at 7.30am after a bite to eat in the terminal. The flight was long & uneventful, a bit of turbulence here & there, we were served breakfast & lunch & had our first taste of Korean food, Bibimbap with Gochujang (hot pepper paste) – very nice. The smiling stewardess were not too bad on the eye either. After 10 hours flying we touched down at Incheon airport, on an island a short distance from Seoul, crossing over to the main land on a very long bridge. It was unusual for us to see such an array of colourful neon sign display. We arrived at Songdo Bridge Hotel 7.30 pm, somewhere in the outskirts of Seoul. We were booked in on the 12th floor in the 18 story hotel. Hotel, staff and our room is great. Dinner was a wonderful Korean smorgasbord. I fell asleep watching a good Korean movie – amazing how tired you get from sitting in one spot for 10 hours.