::A Geek in Korea::

We’ve survived our extra long flight to the United States. Seems we flew the "adoption flight", as there were no less than six Korean infants in our section being held by parents that were clearly not their biological family. Needless to say, we didn’t get much sleep on the 14.5 hour flight here. The closest to Cincinnati the airline could get us on our flight into the country was a direct connection to New York JFK airport, two hours out of our way. We then connected to Cincinnati and were greeted by the family holding signs and everything. Several people showed up while we were getting our luggage too. After 24 hours of travel, we weren’t too festive, and I’m sure in the pictures we look like hell.

We spent the rest of the evening with the family chatting. Half our luggage was gifts, which we promptly distributed to the family. Then my brother and I watched Oldboy. He fell asleep before the movie was half way finished after his long day at work. We finished it up this morning. Then in preparation for the huge family reunion tomorrow, we went shopping at Jungle Jim’s. It’s a bit of a legend in this area. We picked through the somewhat lame Korean section, but found some good treats for the family. We’ll prepare bulgogi tomorrow for the family. It’s my first dish presented at a family reunion to represent our "couple". We’re breaking new milestones every day.

Depending on if anyone gets back to me about plans for tonight, I might or might not be watching Korean films with friends. We’ll be spending the day cooking and preparing for tomorrow. We will go to a park or something with the family if no one calls or shows up eventually. Tomorrow is full of relatives and plans. Monday we have my brother to chauffeur us to a destination as of yet undetermined. We still need to sort out our plans for the week before we go camping at the end of the week. We want to stay busy and see as much of the area as we can.