Home for the Holidays: A Quick Update

I made my way back to the USA for my winter break. I got to catch up with a lot of family, many of which I had not seen for months perhaps even years for some. Anyway, with holiday travel comes...hotels! I stayed in what was basically a brand new Residence Inn. I am losing my gold status with Marriott this year (it will be dearly missed) but will still have a few more hotel room tours going up during the first half of 2015. Below is the video shot in my room at the Residence Inn:

I also got to enjoy my first flight on Asiana airlines. Asiana is the other major carrier out of South Korea and I must say I enjoyed it just as much as Korean Air. Plus, Asiana is a Star Alliance member which is better for me in relation to frequent flyer miles. I think I gave the flight attendants a challenge since I kept switching between English and Korean. They also, therefore, would sometimes say things to me in Korean and then later use English. I understand and can speak both (I'm still learning Korean but know enough for a flight at least) so it wasn't really an issue.

During one of the meal services they ran of the chicken and only had the Korean style octopus entree left. Initially I had asked in English for the chicken, then when the flight attendant came back she explained, in Korean, that the chicken had run but she was going to confirm. I told her, in English, that the octopus dish was just fine. I rather enjoyed having a bilingual experience in the plane ^.^

This is a brief update due to my upcoming midterm exams and just holiday season business but I do want to have a more substantial post up by the end of the month.

In the spring I'll be traveling on two more airlines I've never experienced so I hope to write about those in addition to the hotels :)

Until next time~