Well, mother and I have made it to the land down under. After a headache....or two.... All travel went without a hitch until we arrived at LAX. I think California airports just have bad luck. Our flight was supposed to leave at 10:30 pacific time and we didn't leave until 1am. That was real life. Words like "airplane maintenance," "fire sensing," and "manual tests" as we sat on the musty airplane, eyelids to heaving to keep up. Literally, I was too tired to b...

May 20 DMZ tour. Well, it was intense. We made lots of stops. We first stopped at tunnel three. South Korea has found several tunnels that North Korea dug during the war, you know, to like sneak attack and now you can walk down them. They're like caves but more terrifying because they mark where landmines used to be. You also have to walk at like an 85 degree angle. We went to an observatory. There was a picture line waaaaay back where you could take pictures...

May 18 Alicja and I met up and went to a Buddist temple that had a bunch of lanterns. It was soon to be Buddha's birthday, so that is why it was all decorated. We walked around and there literally must have been 3000 lanterns in the tiny temple area. We then walked around Insadong and ate some sort of Korea food that is really just fried dough. Naturally, it was delicious. We also ate some dumplings and a veggie pancake; all with Korean names that I don't know...

And I continue.... May 16 I ventured to a traditional Korea village. It was okay. Just some cool houses. I then walked around Itaewon... Exciting, I know. Katie and I met up and then we to the Han River. We just walked along the river and ate fried chicken. True story. May 17 So, I found this site where you could sign up for a free walking tour of Seoul. I thought, "Hey, I like walking...I should do this. There's probably a lot of people interested in this; ...

Rather provocative title, eh? You'll be greatly disappointed in this entry if you think it is going that way.... May 13 After out late night at Papa Gorilla, we slept in. Which was lovely. We then had a leisurely breakfast at Starbucks. Typical Americans right? Oh well, it was delicious. The "venti" size does not exist there. I am beginning to think it exist in only America. Maybe Canada. Katie had told me that while in Korea I had to go to a typical Korean ...