"I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea." Dwight D. Eisenhower. SB and I decided to take a weekend trip this week. Our plan was to spend two days and one night at our destination, as a result we just wanted to go someplace relatively close. Flying from Tokyo to Incheon takes about 2 hours, so that is where we opted to go. Our flight left at about 9:00am on Thursday, so we had to wake up about 4:30 IN THE MORNING!!! to get the train by 5:00 to get to Narita by 7:30am. Oh, did I mention we had to wake up at 4:30 IN THE MORNING!!!! (quick note here. I am 45 years old, and 4:30 a.m. is wicked early for me.)  We flew Asiana Airlines. The flight to Seoul was great and the flight crew couldn't have been nicer.  Once we arrived in Korea we went right to our hotel. This is the view from our hotel. Since I live in the Tokyo area. I have become used to the claustrophobic feel. In Japan everything is built close together, finding open space is a little difficult. So being in Seoul it was amazing to see so much open space.   This is us in Seoul.   See all the space in Seoul. We went shopping at Lotte Mart. On the first floor is Woori Bank, but I don't want to have to worry about my bank. As for shopping on the 3rd floor, I think Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees are on that floor.   If the Michael/ Jason reference is a little obscure, they are hockey mask wearing psycho killers in American horror movies. SB and I also went to Namdaemun Market area. She told me she loves Soondae, a kind of blood sausage popular in Korea. I have never tried this before, but it is quite good.  We had to cut the visit short as a thunderstorm moved into the area, and we had left our umbrellas at the hotel. Saturday we wandered around near our hotel and I saw this cute sign. The only thing I could understand on the sign is "I love milk"  We left to go to the airport at about 4:00 p.m. Where we found a Starbucks and broke out our mugs. I had a Mocha Frappicino and SB and an Iced Latte.  As we were boarding the plane, the flight crew pulled us aside and gave us complimentary status upgrades business class. Which a was great way to end our vacation!  |