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| Mum, dad and I - Brisbane Airport 28/6/11 |
Waking up in Brisbane on the morning of the beginning of our big adventure must have been one of the most scariest yet most exciting days of my life. 28th of June 2011 we left Australian soil, my much loved home for the past 21 years. We had to be at the airport at 5.30am for an 8.30am flight from Brisbane International airport to Seoul in North Korea. Mum, Dad and Tracy took Jess and I to the airport. We all sat down for one last breakfast together before Jess and I had to venture down the stairs to check in and go through customs. There were lots of tears and lots of hugs before we went down the stairs. Even my tough truckie dad was crying, I didn't realise how much he was actually going to miss me! Mum, Dad and Tracy waved from the balcony above and we spoke on the phone one more time before Jess and I had to get on the plane.
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| My last breakfast in Aus - it's gotta be Red ;) |
10 hours and 20 minutes on a flight seemed like it was going to take forever, until 'Korean Air' decided to hand out peanuts and soft drink - BEST PEANUTS EVER. I asked for more and they gave me anoter 5 packets. At this stage Jess didn't like nuts so I got hers too, WINNING! Jess had a Window seat and I had the isle seat. There were bulk movies and games plus a little remote control, just for us! We arrived in Seoul at about 5.25pm and were immediately transported to a hotel by a purple bus. The Koreans drive on the wrong side of the road which I didn't realise and then when I did decided to yell it out "We are on the wrong side of the road Jess" the people across from us were not impressed. HA
Seoul was very dirty city and you could litterally see the pollution in the air. But all that aside Korean Air provided us with a Buffet Dinner and Buffet breakfast… LUSH!
After spending the night in a hotel in Seoul we were transported back to the airport for our flight at
12.25pm. Before flying to London
we went to “Chow Buffet” where we had awesome food and awesome Ice Cream well
Jess reckons anyway haha! Our flight from Seoul
to London Heathrow was 11 hours and we arrived in London around 4:25pm. As we landed I spewed, luckily no one heard me - poor jess!!! We got the train
to Putney Bridge
in London and
walked to the EGOLI Hostel. We crashed at about 10pm and couldn’t believe that the
sun was still up. The drivers in London
are crazy too. I think they think they are the only people on the road… People are
so lovely here though on our way to Egoli Hostel we had to carry our luggage up
and down stairs but everytime we had to do it whoever was around would offer to
do it for us! (Oh how things have change haha)
Our first full day in London and I woke up at 2am… Darn Jetlag. Wide
awake I hoped on Facebook and eventually drifted off back to sleep! I woke up
at 7am and Jess and I headed out for breakfast to Cafe Nero! We covered all the touristy places and thanks to my awesome work mates back home Jess and I got to go on the London Eye and the London River Cruise. The London Eye was 134 metres High and you could see right across London - Luckily it was a lovely sunny day!
