One more time

We've got all our ducks in a row and will be leaving this Wednesday (the 29th). We fly out of MSP at 3:05pm on NWA flight 19 to Tokyo and then NWA flight 7 to Seoul. We get to Seoul 9:30pm local time, 7:30am WI/MN time. Our training starts on the 1st and will last 5-6 days after which we'll go to our new city, Wonju, and move into our apartment. Beyond that we don't know too much, we'll find out more during the orientation and let everyone know from there. We were glad to see everyone we did and regret we couldn't make it everywhere in the short time we had. Of course everyone is welcome to come see us too.

In front of the White House in DC.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia.



Liberty Bell, Philadelphia.

Hold the phone

Due to a change in the visa application process our schedule has changed and we won't be leaving until August 29th. Luckily the Korean government is going to pick up the $540 tab to change our flight date.

NYC

We had a great time in New York! There was so much to see and do, and we hit it pretty hard. On Sunday, we went to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center/Plaza, Times Square, the Empire State Building, we saw a Broadway show called "Curtains" with David Hyde Pierce, and we saw comedian Tracy Morgan perform at a comedy club!
Monday we woke up early to see if we could get some Conan tickets, but we were too late. We saw a taping for the Today Show, but didn't have a cute sign so we didn't try to get on tape. It was just cool seeing how they do it. We took the subway to Battery Park and boarded a ship for a tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. There were both amazing places. Next we walked by the WTC site. We also walked along Wall St. We left NY around 6.30pm, and made it back to Maryland about 10.30pm. Today there's a heat advisory for this area, so we'll be taking it slow, but want to check out Baltimore for sure.

In the East

We arrived 15 minutes early to Washington D.C. yesterday and Brandon's brother Chris was there waiting to pick us up. We proceeded down to the National Mall and walked around the monuments for a few hours and were able to meet with one of Brandon's college friends who moved here to teach. They yakked it up for a while and then we met Brandon and Chris' aunt Lynette and her family. After dinner we walked some more and headed out of town a little after 8 o'clock. There is still a lot for us to see in the Capital so we do plan on going back for at least one more day. This morning we are going up to the Big Apple, it' s only three hours from Chris' place. We'll spend the night there, and the greater part of tomorrow. We also hope to see parts of Baltimore and maybe go down to Richmond, VA. Time to hit the road so stay posted and we'll write more later.

Keeping the airlines alive

On Saturday we're taking a trip to the East coast to visit Brandon's brother, Chris. We're going to spend a week over there, touring Baltimore, D.C., New York and anywhere else we can squeeze in. We come back the Saturday after and then begin the countdown to 3:05pm on August 22nd, when we head out to South Korea for one more year. We're doing our best to see everyone we can for as long as we can. Brandon is getting set to order the last batch of pictures from our last year's adventures from Snapfish.com. All in all we'll probably have 20lbs worth (2200 4x6s). We've already got the albums bought and when we're finally finished putting them away we'll have easy access to a whole lot of good memories.