Finally!

Hello world!  We've been in Daejeon for over a month now, but have only recently acquired a computer that can download our pictures.  I'm chomping at the bit to start documenting our trip, and I'll post as many pictures as I can of our life here. 

We left for Daejeon, South Korea on Tuesday, October 4th with our "immigration bags" and our allotted 100 pounds and 2 carryons per passenger.  We used pretty much our whole allotment.  The flight over on Korean Air was very nice.  The kids did not sleep at all, and watched videos the whole flight over.  The airline even gave the kids goody bags with coloring books, colored pencils and a doodle board, all in a matching bag -very cute.  The only glitch during the flight is that Nathan ended up having a poopie blowout en route.  A very smelly, messy, up the back, like-an-infant blowout that got on all of his clothes.  I ended up changing him and taking him back to our seat in just his diaper.  I told the stewardess about the yucky diaper in the trash bin and I later saw them changing the trash with masks and gloves on.  The next time I used that lavatory, it smelled like coffee.  Ooops.  Now, without further ado, some pictures!


Bags packed and ready to go!




All smiles



Our resident packer extraordinaire!



Do we look alike?



Their superhero pose, ready to take on Korea!



Eyes glazing over midflight, Nathan's second outfit



All usual limits for screen time were null and void

We arrived at Incheon International around dinner time.  Some of Sam's family came to the airport to greet us, and we unfortunately had to kiss them hello and goodbye within fifteen minutes since we had hired a driver with a big minivan to drive us to Daejeon straightaway.  Sam's Eemo was so sweet, she had prepared banchan, bought kimchi and other necessities like soy sauce, sesame oil, a cutting board, and noodles.  Sam packed the kimchi right away in a cardboard box so we didn't have to smell it during the drive.  After a 14 hour flight, and 2 hour drive, we finally arrived to our final destination around 9 at night.  We just went to sleep and woke up early the next morning.  We ventured out to our neighborhood and the only place open was a gimbap restaurant.  Perfect!  We chomped on gimbap that cost 1500 won per roll, which comes out to less than $ 1.50 a pop.  We noshed happily on the rolls and the kids slurped up a bowl of udon. 



Our dining room/kitchen area




Lindsay's room



Our bedroom

Our bathroom

The other bathroom







Our foyer with shoe closet and motion detector light, a Korean requisite for most every home





And more TV...



Our first meal in Korea