Tag: korea
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Korea Trip – Part 4: Watching the Final Four
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On Saturday, April 6th (day 7), Liz and Clarence’s family arrived from NJ. It’s been a while since the kids were able to play together. It was raining out, so we just relaxed at the hotel that day. Jen also arrived from NYC that day, so we all had dinner together (with Dave) at the…
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Korea Trip – Part 3: Exploring Seoul
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On Thursday, April 4th (day 5), we were back to sightseeing in Seoul. The great thing about the JW Marriott was that it was attached to the Shinsegae department store, with many food vendors, a food court, and restaurants. It was also right above a major subway stop, which made getting around the city really easy…
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Korea Trip – Part 2: Visiting Busan
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Grace has virtually no family left in Korea as both sides of her family immigrated to the US long ago. Thus, the one request Grace’s mom had was to visit Busan. I had never been before. On Day 3 (Tuesday, April 2, 2013), we headed to the main train station and met my parents, who…
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Korea Trip – Part 1: Arriving in Seoul
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Grace’s Mom wanted all of us to go to Korea together. My mom’s brother in Korea was celebrating his 80th birthday, which happened to be during Spring break, so we coordinated all familes into one big trip. We departed on March 29th from SFO. In addition to flying with Addy and Charles, coincidentally, our friends,…