Tag: Train

Olympic Plaza and K-Pop

ByMinion-Chris February 28, 2018 2 Comments
We didn't have any Olympic events to attend today but wanted to head to the Pyeongchang mountain area to check out what the Olympic festivities looked like there. We also had a K-Pop awards show to attend back in Seoul in the evening.  Since we already had a chance to watch a mountain event in the form of the half pipe. But we hadn't had a chance to visit the Olympic plaza area so we planned to...

Olympics Day 2 – Snowboarding and Hockey

ByMinion-Chris February 21, 2018 0 Comments
After crashing big time following our day in the Gangneung Olympic Plaza, we were up pretty early, having slept for around 12 hours. Our plan today was to train to the mountains where we would watch some snowboarding, before training back to Gangneung to take in a hockey game. Phoenix Snow Park After checking out of our AirBNB we took a short bus ride to Gangneung station where we boarded a KTX...

First Few Days in Korea (Travel woes, Olympics and Golden moments!)

ByMinion-Chris February 17, 2018 2 Comments
Flying to Korea All my bags were packed and I was ready to go to Korea! I'd like to have said that getting checked in and through to the gate went without a hitch, sadly this time it didn't! I'd like to have said that the airline caused this unneeded stress at the beginning of an amazing trip, but it wasn't. Unfortunately, this time it was all me. I made a silly mistake when booking and checking...

Planning for Korea

ByMinion-Chris January 31, 2018 0 Comments
In February, I'll be travelling with a friend to South Korea! This trip was something that'd we'd been talking about for over a year and as time passed it started to come to fruition. For my friend, he's been to Korea a few times and has continually grown very fond of their culture. I was super impressed when he learned how to speak Korean and how much he has familiarized himself with the...

Good Bye Yamamizuki, Hello Hiroshima

ByMinion-Chris November 10, 2017 2 Comments
Breakfast at Yamamizuki After a good nights sleep we woke up headed back downstairs to the Yamamizuki private dining room for breakfast. We were excited because if breakfast was anything like dinner, we were in for a treat! We were not disappointed as breakfast was also a tasty multi course affair! Drive to Kumamoto Sadly it was time to go and say good bye to Yamamizuki. We had a couple hour...

Planning for Japan!

ByMinion-Chris September 30, 2017 0 Comments
In about a weeks time I'll be on the road again. This time I'll be heading East to Japan! I hadn't planned to visit Japan this year. But when I learned that my friend (who had lived in Japan for a little under a year) was planning to visit, I tagged along! It's not everyday you get to travel with someone who's already familiar with the culture and can speak the language. In addition, He wanted to...