Gwangjang Market
If you read this blog it’s no secret that we love our markets. There just is so much to be learned about a culture from their markets. What do you…
Bukchon Hanok
This area of Seoul also dates back about 600 years and was traditionally the residential quarter of high-ranking government officials and nobility and their families who usually served in the…
Gyeongbukgong Palace
There are a handful of 500-600 year old palaces that dot central Seoul and of them the most popular is Gyeongbukgong. However you are pronouncing that in your head is…
Japan Airlines
We have been excited to try Japan Airlines in First Class for some time. When we visited Japan in 2014 we were lucky enough to score two seats in First…
Here We Go!
After nearly 12 months of intensive planning, lots of teeth gnashing and garment rending over how much time to spend in each destination, getting hotels lined up, flights booked, visas…
2017 Around The World, December 13, 2017-January 1, 2018 Preview
We’re utterly addicted to this sort of trip! If you haven’t done it, try it, you’re gonna love it. This will be our 3rd time around the world in one…
Thank You!
Thanks so much for coming with us again! We keep thinking that surely you all must be either bored or annoyed by us posting about our trips, but several of…
Restaurant Recommendations
We had some great meals on this trip, but some standouts are listed here. These are places you should seek out if you find yourself in one of these locales.…
Lufthansa First Class
One of the challenges in returning home from vacation is that your real life comes crashing into your vacation life and then takes over. With this trip it was compounded…
From Wurst to First in Frankfurt
It’s fitting that the return leg of our trip was as uncertain as the outbound during the Chicago snowstorm back on December 16th. Uncertain because we had planned to finally…