by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 19, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Up early. Korean Air had rescheduled the flight to more than 3 hours earlier than original departure. Yawn. Lugging two pieces of checkin plus hand luggage and shopping bags through the metro and train station resulted in a sweaty arrival at the airport. 14 hours, 3... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Our last day in Korea and it’s still freezing cold and I still barely have a voice and a sore throat and cough. But we braved the weather and went to Insadong and Ssamzigil market. This market has a lot more traditional products than other markets. You can get a... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 17, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
We got up early and braved the cold with four, yes, four layers of wool and a hot pocket in each shoe. Maybe a little too much since our bus was only two minutes away and we had an hour drive to go to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. This was an... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 16, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Fighting through my sore throat and missing voice, I went to the Namdaemun day market with Terry. It was freezing cold today. So much so that the Korean government sent out warnings to all phones about the decrease in temperature and high gusts. We alternated between... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 15, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Our second attempt at local Korean food wasn’t as successful, but still an experience. I was slightly surprised at Terry’s choice, but followed on in. The one choice menu was sea snails with leek in broth, omelette, and a side of dried white bait fish and some kind of...