Just Landed

Weaver Adventure Blog for Week of June 11, 2012

We Made It!

Final Feast at Feast

First of all, thank you all for your comments and words of encouragement leading up to our travel day. I really appreciate them. Keep ‘em coming, and if you wonder about anything Weaver Adventure related you want me to write about, let me know.

So, after many long days in the final push to actually leave Bloomington, we locked the door last Sunday and took off.

Urban Assault Vehicle

Our monster rental car was packed pretty tightly, but all of our luggage and the dogs’ carriers fit inside with room to spare for the four of us. Our drive to Detroit was uneventful, if you ignore our carbon footprint, and we checked into the airport hotel and tried to get some sleep before our flight Monday.

The flight was, surprisingly, a piece of cake. After all that hand-wringing about the dogs, they slept in their little crates and made nary a peep the whole way. One of the flight attendants was a rabid lover of dogs and helped us get them settled and brought them ice cubes from time to time as recommended by people who travel frequently with pets. The kids watched movies and stayed awake for most of the flight, which was only 12.5 hours instead of the 14 I had experienced in the past.

Our Apartment Building

Once in the terminal in Korea, the dog importation process was also very simple – a couple of forms to sign and we were through. The ride we had arranged was waiting for us, and we arrived at our apartment building at 5:00 p.m. Jangled, to be sure, but happy that all had gone so smoothly.

This past week we have been unpacking, finding the critical stores in the neighborhood (see below), and trying to get over our jet lag.

The dogs were really out of it and slept for the better part of two days. When they did get up, they just staggered around looking dazed. They might say the same about us in their blog if they had one.

Luna Dazed

Gizmo Crashed

The kids and we are still waking up at 5:00 a.m., but that will pass over the next week or so.

All in all, we are doing very well.

This week I plan to start taking the bus to work. That will be a little bit of an adventure as I have never really used public transportation with any consistency. I will let you know how it goes.

Until next time.

Weaver