Hotel Ibis Seoul

... is absolutely fascinating. For starters, it's freakin huge. There are also dozens of small dining establishments like the one we ate at and they are scattered through out. But, if that's not enough, there is a food court too. The other thing we couldn't get over was how busy it was at 9 PM on a Monday. All the stores are open late and the mall is definitely the place to be. Either that, or everyone was just looking for a place to stay warm, just like us.<br><br> <br><br>

... the hostel and sat with them, mainly beucase the place that we wanted to go had run out of food. We got something that we all thought was either seafood or intestine, but it just turned out to be fish cake. We got some other foods and then headed back for an early night, which turned out to be midnight, even though we said we would be sleeping earlier since we need to wake up at 5am for the DMZ tour. Some things never change.<br><br>

... is a most stress inducing, few years of your life taking, gray hair creating, and all around good time. I will surely hope that the can't stand still, unable listen to directions, do their own thing, lovable group of 12 seven year old's I call the Blue Jay Class will step up and do their best come December.<br><br>The date last week was not a date as I got my dates mixed up. As Ji Eun and I texted back and forth she wrote that it was the 26th not ...

... to Hong Kong 2moro where we have 5 days just to relax (Adil found us a 4 star hotel with a pool for the same price as our rubbish hostel - see Shak, there is a use for his researching everything to the nth degree!!!) as our Vietnamese Visa's start on the 20th and we couldn't be bothered with the hassle of changing the dates.<br><br>I&#8217;ve put some photo&#8217;s on facebook.<br><br>Love you all and miss you lots<br><br>Poonam and Adil<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... to their family in North Korea.<br>That is all for now.<br>I am going down to dinner and then we are going to a show called Nanta- it is supposed to be funny, but no noise.  We won't be back until late, so I probably won't write again.<br>Tomorrow we leave early in the morning- at 8 am and in the night we go to our home stay family's house for 2 nights.  I am soo excited to meet my home stay family and we will be learning how to make kimchi with them tomorrow- so Antonella, if ...

... studio apartment, with a kitchen, bed, futon, dresser and bathroom. All I really need. And, thankfully they have western style toilets in Korea! Although they do have the typical Asian showers, where the entire bathroom is the shower. I'm feeling more grounded in myself too. I've been enjoying walking around and being in my own little world. It's an opportunity to reconnect with myself. That's one of the nice things about being in a foreign ...

... the 1400s up to the 1500s as the kingdom continued to prosper. <br><br> When Japan invaded Korea between 1592 and 1598, a large part of the palace was razed to the ground. For almost three centuries following the siege, Gyeongbokgung remained in ruins until 1868 when the prince regent that time ordered its reconstruction, leading to the creation of over 300 buildings. <br><br> Since then, the royal family occupied the ...

... using only those words. Each word had a point value, and the words that are more difficult to say had a higher value......"Does the donkey like onions?"....."The cows don't like onions." ...... It was fun! And for some reason "lettuce" is the hardest word in the world for Koreans to say......even adults! I ate at a street vendor for the first time today. I was so nervous because Koreans eat standing up at the vendor and there are always so many people ...

... Seoul was clouded over and foggy and it was dark by the time we took off for Taipei, so there was little to see. When we finally retrieved our baggage in Taiwan, Mark's oversized and overweight bodyboard bag had an (we assume angry) note taped to it, but it was in Korean and none of us could read it. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by Jacy's family and whisked off to Taipei.