{"id":4161,"date":"2022-07-30T00:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T08:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2022-07-30T01:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T09:17:21","slug":"the-big-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=4161","title":{"rendered":"The big move"},"content":{"rendered":"

My \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 started July 29th, but ends 34 hours later by the clock. Flying time is just over 20hr but I also moved ahead 14hours with the time zone change. The morning was seamless, as other than packing my toothbrush, I was ready to go. Nichol was on high alert and as Troy packed the car, he was frantically trying to get in there too, so as to not be left behind!<\/p>\n

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Oh dear Nichol, of course you are not being left behind. Little did he know about how NOT left behind he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be. \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u00acFirst scam of the trip was at the SeaTac airport! \u00c2\u00a0I had two large heavy bags, plus two kennels, a carry on and my laptop bag so decided to grab a couple of carts to get all this inside. SeaTac charges for luggage carts now (SINCE WHEN?) it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only a quarter but guess what, we had no quarters (why would I take American coins where I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going?) but you can get a guy to push a cart FOR you for $5 or you can get a guy to push a flatbed cart for $8. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridiculous but Troy needs to go park the car, so I have no choice. We load up the cart and the dude takes me inside to the Korean air check in line. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite long and he says he will have to drop my stuff off at the line and leave. So at this point he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wheeled my stuff about 100 feet from where the car was. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m frustrated that I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t keep the stuff on the cart because Nichol is on leash but getting really stressed and pulling, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got all this stuff. I say fine and go to pay him but I only have a $20. He refuses to make change. I was soooooo mad but stuck. He already had the 20 and was busting out. The best part is, the line starts to move and I have no way to move all the crap. So I was just standing there in the middle of the walkway with piles of stuff! Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take long for the line to move far enough away that people just skipped me and went to the end of the real line \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a. Whatcha gonna do?? Usually these things happen to me in SE Asia not here! The \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcno change\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 thing is a CLASSIC SCAM. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m rusty and can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe I fell for it. Not sure what I could have done differently tbh though.<\/p>\n

I got Nichol checked in and it was a hard \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 on getting him in cabin. So he had to go in Cargo. Poor baby boy. The goodbye was hard, but since\u00c2\u00a0I was at airport 3 hours in advance we had lots of time. Korean Air had a good look at Nichol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paperwork. Everything was good there. I had to have him back at the check in counter by 11:10am for our 2pm flight. That gave me about 20 minutes to walk him one last time before he got locked up in his kennel for probably close to 24 hours \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u00a3.<\/p>\n

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At 11:10 two Korean air agents walked me to a place where they inspect oversize luggage, I had to take him out of the kennel for that, then the same two ladies walked me to the other side of terminal where oversized luggage gets dropped off. A guy came through a door, took him and that was it. I talked to the gate agents to make sure they knew about him (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m paranoid) and then right before boarding, a gate agent found me in the line and showed me a picture of him. They said he was already on plane. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready to board!!<\/p>\n

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Then when I got seated on the plane, I asked the flight attendant to double check that they knew about him on board, and to ask pilot if the AC was on. It was high 80s by this time in Seattle. She went away and came back and said everything good. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMy poodle was onboard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00f0\u0178\u00a4\u201d he does not identify as a poodle though so I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell him that part. I have AirTags on his collar and in the kennel so hoping there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s info popping up on that from time to time as I move along!<\/p>\n

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Got SUPER lucky with first flight. It was a 2-4-2 seating configuration and I had a two seat chunk all to myself.<\/p>\n

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This allowed me to stretch out a little and get a little sleep. Not as much as I hoped, but hopefully enough to sustain me on my 3 hour layover and second flight, that is 5 hours I believe. Masks still mandatory on flight and everywhere here so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m feeling as safe as possible from the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVid. \u00c2\u00a0Good bye Seattle<\/p>\n

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My biggest question on this flight is who will eat the melon?? That is usually Troy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s job \u00f0\u0178\u00a5\u00ba\u00c2\u00a0Tasty pineapple though \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u2030<\/p>\n

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I arrived in Incheon (Seoul) right on time. Looks just like so many airports, but this is my first time flying through here. Beautiful airport inside, and very helpful staff (so kind of different than this morning \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u2030)<\/p>\n

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Nichol is in one of these boxes apparently\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..<\/p>\n

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I am currently in the Mantina Lounge in Incheon. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s super busy bcz it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the only one (of three possible) lounges that have reopened after the Covid closures. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a robot that rolls around and asks for your dirty dishes. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brilliant and I think we should get one for George\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a\u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a<\/p>\n

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