Travel day: 4 hour trip in 13
In Novosibirsk, boarding the Aeroflot flight to Moscow at 6:20 PM on Sunday.
Airport sign at the very recently remodeled Tolmachevo airport in NovosibirskThere's no direct flight from Novosibirsk to Seoul so our itinerary took us west to Moscow where we connected with a Korean Air Lines flight going east to Seoul.
We flew to Moscow in about 4 hours, arriving at Sheremetyevo Terminal #1 at 7:30 PM. (Moscow is three time zones from Novosibirsk.)
The KAL flight left Moscow's International Sheremetyevo Terminal #2 at 10:40 PM. About 4 hours later, as we were finishing dinner on the plane, the inflight map showed us approaching Novosibirsk. Now let's see: We had left Novosibirsk at 2:30 on Sunday afternoon and after an hour van ride to the airport, and a 1/2 hour van ride between the Moscow terminals and 8 hours on two planes we were just about to fly over Novosibirsk. Oh, it's all part of the adventure!
The point of this long story is that we have arrived safely and uneventfully in Seoul, Korea. Our plane touched down at Seoul-Incheon International a few minutes early at 12:54 PM today, Monday. We checked into the hotel at 3 (this is the view from our room;) connected to the internet; got a video call from Chad in Akademgorodok (via our Skype connection) at 3:25; Bob's taking a nap and I'm on my way. Our friends from San Francisco, Nicola and Chris, arrive later this evening to officially kick-off the Pacific coast part of our journey.Check the World Clock to figure out the time difference. It looks to us that when it is 4:30 PM on Monday in Seoul, it is 1:30 AM on Monday in Minnesota. Whew!
posted by Peggy W at Monday, October 30, 2006
4 Comments:
Oh bother!
I hope that the detours were worth it though. Could you have traveled by train instead?
Oh, I shouldn't have been so whiney about this! The train would have been 4-5 days so planes are surely faster even if a bit indirect in this case.
Detours sometimes afford some of the best of life!
z-d-r-A-v-s-t-v-u-i-t-e :))
I (ya) miss (sku-chA-iu) you (po vam)!
"iu" is pronounced = "you"
I think it was a sign from above that your destiny lies in Novosibersk. 3 times is a charm...maybe you can pass through enroute to the US.
At some point, the body clock and the world clock blurr and become "whatever".
Can I carry your bags on the next trip? Way too much fun!
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