Holiday Inn Seoul

... ...the Popeye's Chicken...it was a blur of busyness. When I got off at my stop ("Holiday!" as the driver shouted-short for Holiday Inn), there was another guy from America on there who was also getting picked up. We made our way across the very busy ...

... some Kahlua, and a bottle of Grey Goose to give to whoever was going to house me for the night. It was the Chusok holiday, which is equivalent to the Korean Thanksgiving. I was prompted by some friends that this would be an opportune time to visit, ...

October 2010 Hello My Dear Family and Friends, Well, I finally had some time off first week of October, their national holiday, seven days. I got to go to Thailand!  Bangkok.  ( I am saving the beach extravaganzas for another time.)  It ...

... kurzen Stopp beim Vitamine Shoppe eingerechnet), das Angeleno im Norden von LA. Das gefällt uns dafür sehr gut: das ehemalige Holiday Inn wurde zu einem schicken Boutique Hotel umgemodelt, die Zimmer sind geräumig und modern. Wir machen uns kurz frisch ...

Third entry, woot! Got woken up today by Ming who said that they wanted to book the Holiday Inn in Seoul.  In my drowsy state I thought he said it was UD$528 a night, though I think I was more annoyed that I got woken up.  Been sleeping really ...

... hail storm (it was September after all) forced us to abandon camp and head to a "ger" (yurt) "motel" pictured here  (Holiday Inn watch out!) - basic but comfortable accommodation although you need good ear plugs to drown out the sound of farting and ...

... LAX -which went by quickly.  We had just enough time in LA to get a snack before boarding unto our 13 hour flight to Seoul, Korea.  Most slept on the plane, there were a few, including Craig who struggled to get some shut eye even for 10 ...

Well it was good to be back in Beijing. The flight was virtually a hop and a skip compared to my flight from LA to Seoul. The total flight time was less than 2 hours and had a feel of a domestic flight rather than an international one. When I arrived the ...

My first trip to China was a short one as I only had 3 days.  I'm teaching English in S. Korea and there was a holiday (Independence Day) on Friday Aug 15th.  So, using the holiday and weekend, I planned a trip to Beijing mainly for the ...

Hello friends, After two weeks of training, I had my first vacation.  The whole country had the week off for the holiday Chuseok.  It is a holiday that is similar to Thanksgiving except less being thankful and more honoring ancestors. Since ...

... I could swim in!). Then it was lunch time and back to town. I'm sunburned and worn out, but it was a lovely little holiday. Being on a Thursday it definitely made the work week more managable. I've got three classes of interviews tomorrow, a few games, ...

... and made good use of it by doing laundry before going to sleep. The next day, May 24th, was Buddha's Birthday and a national holiday.   Since it was a nice day - the sun was shining - we continued with our plans to observe the activities at ...

... taken a picture and it was put on their farewell card for me, which is now my treasure. The 1st of May was a national holiday of the Philippines and the last day off for me. So I invited some friends and teachers to an island hopping. The travel agency ...