As some of you may or may not already know, my mom, dad and brother will be visiting me for the holidays! They arrive in less than four days now! I am so excited to have them here and can't wait to do some new travel and exploring with them. What a Merry Christmas it will be!
Tuesday December 21 - Wednesday December 22
Tuesday December 21 - Wednesday December 22
Departure:
Los Angeles(LAX) to Tokyo(NRT)12/21/10 10:10 AM - 3:10 PM
Tokyo(NRT) to Seoul(ICN)12/22/10 5:00 PM - 7:40 PM
Wednesday night I will travel from Wonju to Incheon International Airport by bus to pick up Mom, Dad and Scott. They will have traveled one day into the future and most likely will have been moving and "awake" for over 24 hours. After an dramatic and emotional greeting (or maybe sluggish and fatigued?) we'll grab some food and hop on a bus back to Wonju. The bus should take 2 hours. After a long night we'll all settle into my apartment for sleep.
Los Angeles(LAX) to Tokyo(NRT)12/21/10 10:10 AM - 3:10 PM
Tokyo(NRT) to Seoul(ICN)12/22/10 5:00 PM - 7:40 PM
Wednesday night I will travel from Wonju to Incheon International Airport by bus to pick up Mom, Dad and Scott. They will have traveled one day into the future and most likely will have been moving and "awake" for over 24 hours. After an dramatic and emotional greeting (or maybe sluggish and fatigued?) we'll grab some food and hop on a bus back to Wonju. The bus should take 2 hours. After a long night we'll all settle into my apartment for sleep.
Thursday December 23
I'll get up at my usual time and head to Sangji Girls Middle School for work. My family can sleep (try to sleep? Hopefully jet lag won't get them too bad, your body will want to wake up in the wee hours of the morning) and relax in the morning, maybe take a walk if they want. At lunch time I'll come get them and we can all go over to Sangji together. Then they can see the school, meet my coworkers and see some of the students. We will be sure to sample the local snacks at the Croquette Sandwich Shop, dumpling shop and cookie "fish" pastry stand. For dinner we'll have 슨두 부 (sun du bu), my favorite Korean tofu soup! Depending on how everyone feels we can also walk to Lotte Cinema to look at some shops and grab some dessert.
Friday December 24 - Saturday December 25
In whatever way the feeling of the days dictate.
Things to make sure we see in Wonju:
- Central Market, Bica Cafe
- View of Wonju from the side of the mountains, cute coffee shops
- Lotte Cinema
- Sauna
- Bus Terminal
- Sam gip sal
- duck
- galbi
We will have a nice dinner either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. We will open presents and celebrate being together! Merry Christmas!
Sunday December 26
We will get up early and catch a bus to Gangneung, a coastal town about 1 1/2 away from Wonju. There we will take a local bus to Jumunjin Harbor and fish market. After that we'll head up coast to Naksansa Temple and the Uisangdae Pavilion. The day will be complete with a trip over to Seoraksan National Park. There we will ride the cable car to the top of the mountain to see the view as well as take in the giant buddha at Sinheungsa Temple. This long day will conclude with a bus ride back to Wonju for some sleep.
Monday December 27 - Wednesday December 29
Travel to Seoul
Things to see in Seoul:
Gyeongbok Palace
Itaewon
War Memorial Museum
Myeong-dong
Insa-dong
Bukchon Hanok Village
Seoul Fortress
Hongdae
National Museum of Korea (at night)
Seoul Tower and Namsan Park
Coex or Samsung or Hyundai Dept Store
Thursday December 30
Departure :(
Oh boy Mad! I can't wait! I don't have any idea what most of those things are but it will certainly be fun! We are pretty much ready except for packing.
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It sounds like an absolutely lovely itinerary!
ReplyDeleteI mailed a package to Scott, included were the Beethoven dvds, unfortunately the package ran into some trouble at customs, the salami got confiscated--so I don't know if he'll get the dvds, chocolate, and Paul Newman's organic microwave popcorn--the package has been in customs for quite awhile and may never get out. Oh well, I'm sorry, they were neato movies and I was enjoying the thought you might enjoy watching them.
Patricia, Scott's mom