Day 1 & 2 - Saturday and Sunday, February 23 - 24, 2013 INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT TO VIETNAM

These 2 days blend together as I fly from Knoxville, Tennessee to Saigon, Vietnam via Chicago and Seoul, Korea.  I show up 2 hours before departure, take a quick 1hr 30 min. flight to Chicago from Knoxville, then 4 hrs layover in Chicago, then a 13 hr. flight to Seoul, another 3 hrs 30 min. layover in Seoul, then finally a 7 hour flight to Saigon.  A day and a half, it may sound long, but it is still the fastest way to travel 10 thousand miles half way around the world.  Knoxville was 47°F with misty rain when I left home.  Chicago and Seoul were blanketed in snow from the window of the airplanes.  Saigon is 80°F at 11 pm.  It is exactly 12 hours difference from home - upside down - midnight in Vietnam is noon at home in Knoxville, TN.