Category: Korea

Time to wrap up the South Korea Trip #3 series, now back in Chandler, AZ. This update covers the last couple days and some parting thoughts and observations. Here we go! Thursday the 7th was our last full day in Seoul. After weighing options, we opted to visit Lotte World Mall, beginning with “The Black…

It’s July 6th in South Korea, which also happens to be Meghann’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Meghann! This day started with a quick swim at our hotel pool, followed by visiting Meghann’s orphanage, lunch at Busan Station and a quick rendezvous with Eomeoni and Yeongmo, KTX train to Seoul, and experiencing Seoul Sky. Another action packed…

July 5th was our last full day in Busan, and the agenda for the day was: 10:30am pickup at the hotel by Meghann’s birth family Head north to Daegu to visit the temple containing Meghann’s birth father’s urn Lunch at a beef restaurant Visit Palgongsan Mountain and ride a chairlift to the top Car ride…

Day three in Busan was July 4th, and also when we reconnected with Meghann’s birth family! We didn’t have plans to meet them until 2pm, and had a few things to take care of before the meetup. Meghann managed to coax me out of bed around 10am with the hotel’s ”Traditional American Breakfast”. After breakfast,…

With all of the logistics and travel behind us, we’ve arrived and are off to an exciting start! So much happened yesterday (Sunday) so I’m just going to start from the top. Hold on, a LOT happened on day one. We’re staying at the Park Hyatt Busan, and the morning began with a ”grand reveal”…

Almost made it! Here’s a quick update via the 200 MPH KTX Bullet Train, just a few hours away from our first destination in Busan. This update will be short and sweet as the last 35 hours have been mostly nonstop and (fortunately, this time!) straightforward travel. We hit nearly every mode of travel transportation…

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek Meghann and I took our honeymoon to Tahiti on the tail-end of our wedding in October 2013. It had many memorable moments but perhaps none more than getting to our departure flight. We arrived…

Dad, are we going to have to take classes on the way to South Korea? My 7-year-old Sage asked me this puzzling question on the way to school about a month ago. “…uhhh, I don’t think so, why do you think we’re taking classes?” I responded. She continued, ”I heard mom say we would be…