STEBO'S BLOG

Korean Breakfast We were up early and ordered an uber to the airport. I handed over my postcards to the porter who promised to post them for us. The taxi journey was again a chaos of pings and a frantic female voice. Our Plane Our check-in with T'way was smooth then we had to find breakfast. We wondered using a touchscreen where I chose a bibimbap which was a tray full of lots of little dishes, a soup, rice, spicy sauce, sugary seaweed, tofu. Inside the plane We hung around t

Seoul Station When we arrived at Seoul station, it was painfully obvious that "regular" taxis didn't operate. I had an idea. We would find a place for coffee, then using the WiFi order an uber to the temple. It worked and we were set off at Gyeongbokgung Palace where we walked around fora good two hours. Gyeongbokgung Palace There was a rule that if you hired a traditional costume the ticket was free, as it happens the ticket was cheaper than the costume, but it made for inte

Our hotel Upon arrival, we joined the long queue for the immigration and got an actual sticker in our passports. Without stating the obvious, the first thing I noticed is that everything was written in Korean, a language that I had zero knowledge of its written or spoken form. Street signs Outside the airport we quickly picked up a taxi and for the entire journey, the phone and navigating system was pinging like crazy with a semi hysterical female voice. Incheon When we arriv