SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY15
Our final day in South Korea had arrived, and though we were packed up and ready to go, we weren’t done having fun yet! There was just a bit more exploring time before our flight, so Yoojin picked us up and drove us to Eunpyeong Hanok Village at the foothills of...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY14
Our last full day in Seoul was cold and windy! We bundled up and caught the subway over to Gyeongbokgung Palace, the biggest of the five palaces built during the Joseon dynasty. Gyeongbokgung was where the kings lived, and it was also where the government was run. The...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY13
A new day dawned with fun plans and unexpected surprises. At lunchtime we took the subway to Starfield COEX Mall and met up with our friend, Yeon Ah who bought us a fabulous kalbi meal at Baekkobjib. The beef was so tender and delicious, I wanted to keep eating...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY12, PART 2
After the excitement of visiting Hongdae, Insadong and the LINE FRIENDS store, I was’t sure how the evening could get much better than our day had been, but it was even more exciting and fun. From our Air BnB, we walked to the Cheonggyecheon Stream for the Seoul...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY12, Part 1
Our day started with a midmorning walk through Hongdae. I’d heard that Hongdae was the trendy place to hang out and I could see why. The area is pretty, filled with students and young people, and there were plenty of reasonably priced restaurants and fun, quirky...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY11
Our first day in Seoul was a day to rest and get our bearings. To that end, we lounged around most of the morning working up the courage to tackle the Seoul subway system to go shopping for some groceries for the rest of the week. When we finally decided to take the...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY10
Our last morning on Jeju was spent at the delightful Cafe The Container, perched at the edge of a Jeju mandarin orange orchard. It really looked like a citrus container, and it reminded me of childhood road trips where it was no surprise to come across a gas station...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY 9
We chose a calmer pace for sightseeing on our last day on Jeju and took our time arriving at the famous Seopjikoji Lighthouse, the location of a signal fire beacon that was maintained during the Joseon period. The stark appearance of the volcanic rocks of the...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY 8
We said goodbye to Jeju City and took off on a new day’s adventure. Road signs advised us where we might go, but since we couldn’t decide between the Museum of Sex and Health and Hello Kitty Island, we settled for soup and dumplings at a roadside restaurant called Bon...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY 7
Eating always comes first in Korea and we aimed to follow that tradition closely, so we started out our day at Namyang Susan Seafood where we had a tasty family-style lunch with fresh-from-the-ocean seafood. I discovered I like octopus a lot, whelks not so much. But...