Category: travel
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Spring Break in Seoul – Last Day
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Hey all! We live here now. Would someone please gently break the news to our cat? JK, it’s time to go home. Lucas and I waited until the last day to check out the pool, which was really nice. I was immediately busted for entering without a cap. After half a lap, I joined Lucas…
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Spring Break in Seoul – Days 6 & 7
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I think we’re past the tourist phase of our trip. Grace arranged a spa treatment for my mom in the morning. Liv loved shopping in Hongdae, so she and Grace went back there in the morning. Lucas and I stayed at the hotel and had a Lightroom training session. We were having dinner with the…
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Spring Break in Seoul – Day 5
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Day five started with the Im sisters sampling the breakfast buffet. My aunt has a lot of friends and a very busy social schedule, so she was off shortly after to make her rounds. The rest of us went to Namdaemun Market for a bit. Olivia is quickly falling in love with shopping in Korea.…
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Spring Break in Seoul – Day 4
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It’s day four and we’re reaching peak tourist. We’re staying just a few blocks from Gyeongbokgung Palace. Pro-tip: if you rent traditional Korean Hanboks for 20 times the price of admission, you get in for free! There are many rental places right nearby the entrance. It turned out to be a lot of fun and…
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Spring Break in Seoul – Day 3
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We had to wait for the rain to clear up before heading out for the day. On our way, we saw King Sae Jong getting a shower. Gyeongbok Palace was closed, which made it a lot easier to photograph. We made our way to Bukchon Hanok Village, where we took one our favorite Rhee family…
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Spring Break in Seoul – Day 2
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We knew this day was supposed to be rainy, so we planed for indoor activities. It should be noted that the breakfast buffet at the hotel is insane and there is no way to sample all that is available in one sitting. That didn’t stop us from trying. We started the day at the National…
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Spring Break in Seoul – Day 1
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Rather than spend another break doing college tours, we opted for more international travel. It has been 11 years since our last visit. Olivia and Lucas don’t remember anything from that trip, so this is effectively their first time. We left on Friday and arrived on Sunday. This wrinkle in the space-time continuum caused me…
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College Tours in LA
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The kids had another day off from school, so we used it for a quick trip to LA to check some schools off the list. While I think both kids are very open to going “away” for school, I sense a new appreciation for life in California. We only had time to see the big…
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Birthday Weekend in Tahoe
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The kids had three days off last week for conferences, which included 12 on our birthday. We enjoyed a great birthday dinner at Che Fico Parco Menlo. After one last conference on Thursday morning, we departed for a fairly easy drive to Tahoe. It was dumping snow for about two days, which made for some…
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U of M Ski Trip to Tahoe – 2024
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Matt invited the gang to Tahoma for a ski trip. While everyone wanted to be there, only four of the best managed to pull it off. Four is the number of sides to the puzzle we finished, as well as the perfect number for Euchre. We skied Palisades and Alpine Meadows before Jud had to…
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WB Ski Trip to Utah – 2024
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I haven’t skied with this crew since our big trip to Austria in 2020. Looking back, we used to go to Utah pretty often together. We had 3 bluebird days at Canyons and Deer Valley. Somehow we managed to get on the mountain earlier on the morning we flew in than on the day we…
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Ski Week in Tahoe with Moons – 2024
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We were thankful to spend most of ski week up in Tahoe with the Moons. We had a couple powder days and a couple groomer days, which was perfect. The kids have yet to outgrow each other, but they may have outgrown us as they often preferred skiing with their friends on the mountain. Thanks,…