We were the second couple in the Asiana check-in queue and were able to secure the coveted exit row seats that make for a bearable flight. Departure was delayed by half an hour due to late arrival of the aircraft. The flight was good with two meals - lunch and dinner - that were much the same, shrimp, veg and rice for one, beef, veg and rice for the other. We allowed ourselves a glass of wine for the second.
After the first meal they dimmed the cabin lights and closed the window blinds, which I found silly and inconvenient as I was reading most of the way - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegot. The cabin crew were very good about keeping us hydrated - they offered juice and/or water at least seven or eight times. This was a first and they are to be commended for it.
Arrival in Incheon was commensurately late, but we didn't care. Arrival formalities were soon behind us and the staff at the Asiana Transfer desk issued us with new boarding passes for the next day and fixed us up with our accommodation which was a ten minute shuttle drive away to the south, in the June Hotel. While waiting at the airport we met a French couple resident in Blaney near Orange. We had (second) dinner with them at the hotel. Fish fingers, chips and salad - hardly better than the in-flight fare.
Joan's first encounter with a high tech loo did not go too well - it flooded the bathroom, mercifully with clean water. After dinner a man came up and mopped it up, pointing out the button, slightly hidden under a shelf, for a standard flush.
The air conditioning and lighting controls were also difficult to intyerpret.
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