The Shortest Distance Between Two Points...

Korean Visa: Check
Korean Air Ticket: Check!

Added Bonus: an extra day (I'm leaving on Tuesday the 21st instead of Monday) and as nerdy as it sounds, my first Great Circle flight ever. I'll give Santa my best!



See you on the flip side!

Going in Circles

As Freud might have said, "Sometimes a map is just a map." Take this one for example:



If it looks like a big circle that's because it is, much to my chagrin. While most of the paperwork associated with the impending Korea move - now just days away! - is usually little more than a paper chase, today's all-important step seemed more like I was chasing my tail. See, with mere days left in country and family flying in to say goodbye, I spent my day driving to and from Atlanta - some 12+ hours on the road - for a pro forma interview with the Korean consulate in Atlanta. Frankly I can think of about a thousand things I would have rather done with my day but, well, thankfully it's over and done with now.

However, lest I seem too dour, the silver lining is this: now all I have to do is wait for my new visa to arrive in the mail and I'm off!

I'm Back, or The Master Map

Two flights, two buses, and nine months later...





[Because, you know, I love maps.]