After a 14+ hour flight, we landed at Incheon Airport, near Seoul, South Korea. This is where we tranfered to our last couple of hours of flight, into Hanoi, Vietnam.
Incheon is famous from the Korean Conflict for the September 15, 1950 landing by the 1st Marine Division. My husband was saying that he was talking about this in his History classes a week or so ago, as Stage III of the Korean Conflict. MacArthur landed the Marines here, in a surprise move against the Communist, North Korean forces. This was the "D Day" of the Forgotten War, and a wildly successful landing, to boot!On a cultural note....the Incheon Airport is BEAUTIFUL. Shopping, eating establishments, very high end!
Also ~ Korean Air took us from Dulles to Incheon. We flew on a large 777. They took GREAT care of us! 2 full meals, LOTS of citrus juice, water, wine, peanuts, fruit, etc. Good leg room and in-flight movies....my husband watched 4, including Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. He hopes to see Valkyrie on the way home. I watched Twilight, Bedtime Stories, and Bride Wars.
This was my lunch
I surprised the stewardess
by choosing the Korean option.
It was very good!!
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