SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020: DAY 6
As much fun as we’d been having in Busan, it was time to move on, but we weren’t quite ready to say goodbye. We parked our bags at an airport storage and caught a taxi to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Busan, were we arrived to find the military directing traffic....
South Korea 2019 Pandemic Re-cation 2020: Day 5
In spite of getting back from Busan Tower so late the night before, Yoojin, SongEe, and I decided to rise at o’dark thirty for a sunrise experience at the Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, perched at the ocean edge. We were feeling pretty pooped on the drive there, but...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020 – DAY 4
On our first day in Busan, we enjoyed buskers at Busan Station before my first ever anywhere subway ride. I was over the moon happy, as In Texas, the only things below ground are sleeping cicadas and tornado shelters. Lunch was delicious pork soup at BonJeon Pork...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020 – DAY 3
The story of the premium express bus… Finally well-rested, Billie and I hopped up early, drank our coffees, snagged our last shots of Songdo Central Park from our hotel window and packed up for our next adventure. Little did we know that we would really have more of a...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020 – DAY 2
Everyone knows the when you travel across the world, you’re probably going to be a bit more tired than normal, and we prepared by reading up on how to thwart jet lag. As a result, we planned to wake up early and whip open the drapes to let the sunlight in and reset...
SOUTH KOREA 2019 PANDEMIC RE-CATION 2020 – DAY 1
2020 has been a tough year for the whole world, and in the USA, we’ve had it particularly hard with a contentious presidential election and rampant COVID. Frustration and anxiety are in full bloom here and the need to connect is more imperative than ever! Because of...