Seoul is an extremely traveler-friendly city. There are enough English-language signs so that non-Hangul readers can figure out where they need to go, or how to get there. There are multi-lingual tourist information agents in red vests whose job it is to stand, or stroll, in popular visiting spots and answer questions. Sometimes they are… Read More Convenience and comfort in Korea…and especially toilets
My Korean friends tell me there is an expression, or perhaps it is a single word, in Korean that means “Fall colors” or “going hiking to enjoy the Fall colors.” It sounds like ka-ul or something like that; they tried to teach me but I am a failure. At any rate, just trust me that there is… Read More On hiking in Korea, fungi and towering gilded monuments
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Saipan is really, really very far from the U.S. mainland. According to a stat I came across a few years ago but can’t be bothered to go back and locate, only Guam is further away and only by a hair–or, okay–maybe a hundred miles. If the United States counts the island of Saipan (along with… Read More A Good Read and “Liberation Day”
Did you know that the U.S. is less than a 4-hr flight from Seoul, South Korea? Well, if your starting point is Saipan, USA, it is! Even better, from our little island a flight to Seoul is not only quick, but often really, really cheap. Like sometimes it can be $150 r/t kind of cheap,… Read More Quick Trips to (or through) Seoul, with kids
