You Can Basically “Hop” Over to South Korea

Do you know the term “Space-A”? That’s the kind of flights that we used when we went from Tokyo to Singapore—free military flights that are sort of random, sort of unreliable, sometimes frustrating—but FREE. Another term for that we can use is “a hop”. So we say, “we can take a hop to”…Greece…j/k.

Remember how we took a week long trip to Seoul and flew for free? Well, after my girls’ grip to Tokyo (and Alex’s sad begging to come with us), we decided that it would be fair if Robert took Alex on “big boy” trip to Osan, South Korea. Alex was so excited because he would also get to see his great friend, Andrew! (Andrew moved from Misawa a year ago and is moving to Germany this summer). 

The boys had only one late afternoon and evening to spend with their friends. In order to catch a free flight back, you have to turn around and fly to Misawa the next morning. Nevertheless, after a little bit of Korean shopping, Robert met up with a group of friends for dinner, spent the rest of the evening chatting and hanging out (Alex was in heaven!—they got to stay up till 10 pm), and had a breakfast with another set of friends.  All he wishes is that he could have spent more time with his friends.

Unfortunately, Robert didn’t remember to take any pictures on the first day he was there, so he didn’t get any pictures of most of the friends….maybe next time…

Thank you dear F Family, P Family and T Family for making it such a fun (although short) trip for my boys!

I am still looking for a Monday-Tuesday when I could come and see you all too:)!