Blogs from Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

I woke up at 7 today and went down to eat spicy rice cake at the store I went to before. I got back after eating and cheacked out of my hotel room. I caught a taxit to the airport. My flight was at 10:15 but i had to check in at 8:30. I arrived at the airport at 8:00. Even though it was sad leaving Korea I did really want to get back home after all home is the best right.... read more

Wow. Even just finding a location for this blog was complicated. Seoul is a biiiiiiiiig place! Sunday morning, David, Teresa, Griff and I met up after breakfast and went into Seoul. We took the bus to Jamsil station. Before going on the subway, we decided to have some tea and coffee at Starbucks. After that, we walked into the station and took the subway to City Hall station. David showed Teresa, Griff and I which direction to head, and then left to meet up with his friend from a previous year of camp. We checked out the skating at City Hall. It reminded me very much of the skating at Nathan Phillip's Square. Then we walked over towards Deoksugung Palace. We decided to stop in for more caffeinated beverages and snacks at Dunkin Donuts next door ... read more

It's baseball season once again and this weekend we are attending the Doosan Bears versus Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Baseball Stadium. Game time 5:30pm meaning we need to be there around 4:00pm to purchase game day tickets. The best thing about Korean Baseball games is the prices to attend. Starting price 4,000 won ($3.58 CAD) puts you in the upper decks of the 25,000 seating capacity stadium. On our two previous days out to the ballpark we spent 12,000 won ($10.67 CAD) at Jamsil to sit along the 1st baseline just above the away teams dugout. But on this day we learned all the action in the stands happened twenty rows up behind us where the cheerleading stage exists. Plus there are taiko drums, a guitar or two and guys with whistles encouraging fans to cheer, ... read more

For months now all Shauna has wanted to do is attend a Korean Basketball League game. Over the past couple of days we've lounged around the apartment putting photographs together, reading, talking and traveling a bit around where we live. Nothing to big for the one-week Lunar New Year but relaxation. Then I started talking about Chinatown out near Incheon International Airport. How I wanted to go see it, How I needed something to write about and then she opted for a trip to Dandemun Market area instead. One just doesn't pass up a chance to hang out around dandemun market. There is just too much activity going on for someone to pass up on this opportunity. We decided if the day we awoke to was cloudy then we'd go to the market instead of Incheon's ... read more

The Air Canada Flight YOW is its typical sterile self. Don't get me wrong, it is a great airport, but something lacking... Security takes the typical 5 minutes in line with zero resistance at the scanners. I'm pretty much an expert at not setting off metal detectors. I expected more from the x-ray guys, because I've got a laptop, external hard drive, cables for the phone, camera, chargers, granola bars, Air Canada issued hand sanitizing spray (as a tiny amount *25ml* of undeclared liquid), etc. etc. but they didn't even look in the bag. The flight was pretty good, a bit bumpy over Northern Ontario, and there was an unfortunate pregnant lady two rows up who looked panicked the entire time and spent a good long time in the bathroom. I'm pretty sure she was deathly ... read more