Tag: Food

Suwon

ByMinion-Chris March 29, 2018 0 Comments
Suwon Today, we'd be heading to the outskirts of Seoul. We would be meeting up with another one of Suzy's friends who agreed to show us around Suwon. Many of the travel sites we looked at suggested a day trip out to this area to enjoy the well preserved city walls and the view from the top of the hill. When Suzy's friend agreed to join us, we asked him to plan the day for us. We met him at a...

Seoullo & Seoul Fortress Wall

ByMinion-Chris March 21, 2018 0 Comments
Deux Cremes - Dessert for Breakfast! Our first stop today was a dessert shop called Deux Cremes just down the street from our AirBNB on Garosu-gil Road. Suzy wanted to visit this place which was visited by a popular celebrity. Since it was so close, we figured why not have Dessert for breakfast?! We each ordered a slice of cake and I got smoothie as well! It was a very stylish spot and I can...

Gunsan

ByMinion-Chris March 15, 2018 4 Comments
Gunsan We had a unique day planned today. We were going to make use of our Pyeongchang rail pass and take a train down to a smaller city along the west coast of Korea. Gunsan would be our destination today. This part of our trip was inspired by a Korean travel show called Battle Trip. On this show a K-Pop girl group went on a very cool day trip to Gunsan and we wanted to emulate their itinerary....

Olympics Day 2 – Snowboarding and Hockey

ByMinion-Chris February 21, 2018 0 Comments
After crashing big time following our day in the Gangneung Olympic Plaza, we were up pretty early, having slept for around 12 hours. Our plan today was to train to the mountains where we would watch some snowboarding, before training back to Gangneung to take in a hockey game. Phoenix Snow Park After checking out of our AirBNB we took a short bus ride to Gangneung station where we boarded a KTX...

Wrapping up 2017!

ByMinion-Chris December 30, 2017 2 Comments
Is 2017 over already?! Admittedly I've been a bit lazy over the past few weeks after my Japan wrap up. However I wanted to spend some time to review the amazing travel year 2017 has been, and what's on the horizon for me in 2018! Australia My first major trip of 2017 was to the land down under! I really enjoyed spending a month in this diverse and unique country. It has amazing natural beauty and...

Wrapping up Japan

ByMinion-Chris December 1, 2017 1 Comment
It's time to wrap up my trip to Japan. Thanks for joining me on this adventure to the Land of the Rising Sun. I really enjoyed the time I spent in this diverse and unique country! If you want to read up on the whole trip you can do so here. Here are some of my thoughts after reflecting on the trip. My top 3 highlights: Highlight #1: Unexpected Lantern festival in Takanabe One of the things I love...