Tag: Food

Travelling to Turkey – Day 1

ByTravelling Minion September 30, 2018 0 Comments
Travelling to Turkey It's going to be a LONG day. While I was excited to be travelling to Turkey and start exploring, I had a fairly long "road" to get there. Part of my excitement for this trip was the flight routing I had chosen to get there. I'd spent a lot of time figuring out a cost effective business class routing to and from. While I was excited to try the different cabin products, it...

#TBT – Whistler

ByMinion-Chris May 10, 2018 1 Comment
Quick throwback to a family trip to Whistler last year! 2017 Family Whistler Trip In the summer of 2017, our family took a short trip to Whistler, BC for the Canada Day weekend. My parents have a timeshare there and so our accommodations were already taken care of.  After work and dinner, we all hopped in my car and made the scenic drive up the Sea to Sky highway towards Whistler. We arrived,...

Wrapping Up Korea

ByMinion-Chris April 26, 2018 0 Comments
This will be the last time I write about Korea (for now). Thanks for coming along to this unique part of the world! If you want to read up on the whole trip you can do so here.  Here are some highlights and thoughts now that I've finished blogging about it. My top 3 highlights: Highlight #1: Watching Canada Win Gold in the team figure skating event Attending the 2018 Winter Olympics was at the...

Falling Ill on the Last Few Days

ByMinion-Chris April 19, 2018 0 Comments
We had a pretty chill day planned. Physio had a dental appointment in the morning so he left early. Suzy and I were going to grab lunch then meet up and do some shopping. Unfortunately, I woke up feeling a little under the weather, but not enough to pass on the days activities so we headed out! Laundry Pizza Suzy wanted to visit a pizza shop that was frequented by some Korean pop stars. We made...

DMZ

ByMinion-Chris April 12, 2018 0 Comments
One of the things I had on my list of "musts" in Korea was to visit the DMZ. Well today we had a DMZ tour booked so both Suzy and I were super excited for it. Panmunjom JSA tour inside the DMZ Prior to our trip to Korea, we had to submit our passport and nationality information to the tour company so they could register it with the military. Given that it's still a dangerous area, it's...

War Memorial, Itaewon, Namsang Tower

ByMinion-Chris April 8, 2018 0 Comments
Our plan today was to visit the War Memorial of Korea and then meet up with one of Suzy's friends in Itaewon. The War Memorial of Korea We made our way to The War Memorial of Korea. Once we arrived, we took some time to explore the outside of the building before making our way in. Near the front of the memorial are a few large monuments which are dedicated to the soldiers that fought in the war....