Wednesday morning started early, in what I believe will become a habit on this trip. At 7:15 a.m. we were at Hartsfield International Airport, and by 7:45 a.m., we were sitting in a really lovely outdoor observation space in the Terminal F Delta Sky Club. I only have access when traveling with family, and it is a wonderful luxury that erases a good part of travel-related frazzle. The other luxury was being in First Class. Fifteen hours on a plane is awful, but the discomfort is greatly mitigated when you have a door you can shut, a bed that lies flat, and no one to bother when you need to use the restroom for the 8th time.
Flying into Seoul, both Mom and I commented that the buildings looked like dominos or monopoly pieces. Groupings of 20 to 30 identical high rise buildings lifted of the lattice-work of roads, low-lying buildings, and even fields and greenhouses. I truly could not appreciate the scale or the city or the rhythm of daily life when you have 41,000 people living per square mile. For reference, NYC has 29,000 per square mile, Mexico City has 16,000, and Winston-Salem averages around 1,850 per square mile.
More musings to come...
Delta Sky Club - Terminal F
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| Before Take-Off |
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| Seat 4D |
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