Rant #1,757: Bon Voyage

The time is nearly here, and my wife and I are excited as we can be about our trip to Korea.

As one of the winners of the Kia "Loyalty Has Its Rewards" contest that I have spoken about a few times here, the day seemed so far away, and now, in 24 hours, my wife and I will be on our way to Seoul, Korea, to enjoy our grand prize with other winners from the United States and around the world.

If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive car with all the perks--including safety features, features that saved my family and I from heaven knows what in our car accident of more than two years ago--Kia might be the way for you to go.

I have bought three Kia cars over the past several years, and I have been quite happy with all of them.

Anyway, enough with the commercial--what about the trip?

First, tomorrow, on Saturday morning, we will be flying to Los Angeles on a six-hour trip, into LAX, and then, we will stay for the remainder of the day and overnight at a hotel right near the airport.

There will be a reception for us--the six U.S. winners, their spouses or whoever is accompanying them, and a Kia representative and his spouse--and then we rest up for our big trip the next day.

Early on Sunday morning, we will be flying to Seoul, Korea, on a 13-hour trip, and with all the time changes and everything, I am sure we will be pooped, and the hotel we are staying at is a five-star international hotel, so I am sure the beds will be comfy.

Then, it is five days of fun in Seoul. They have a pretty tight itinerary of things we are going to do--from visiting historic sites, including temples, and visiting the Kia plant, to shopping, visiting a Korean festival, eating at fine restaurants, you name it, they have it planned for us.

We will be there with the other U.S. winners, and winners from other countries; this is the second leg of this event, with the first happening last week. Based on the photos my wife and I saw that were posted from the first group of winners, we are really in for a terrific time there.

It will be five days in Seoul, and then we go back home on a whirlwind day where we leave Seoul, fly into Los Angeles, and then directly fly home--all in one day.

But it will all be worth it, I am sure.

So usually, when I go on vacation, I put up photos of Annette Funicello from the beach movies, but today, to honor Korea and Seoul, I have put up some photos of Korean ladies frolicking on the beach and in the water; I'm sure Annette would understand.

(I don't know if we will get to any beaches during our trip, but maybe we can at least get into a pool.)

It doesn't feel right, so I will also include this Annette photo; I'm sure Annette would be happy.

So bon voyage to my wife and I; this blog will shut down for about a week, and then I will be back to tell you all about the trip.

So until then, be good and I will be back soon.

Speak to you then!