12/17
Breakfast buffet at our hotel, then the subway to Kunming airport. Took a flight to Jinan, China on Shandong airlines where we had access to a lounge due to a reward perk from using trip.com so much for booking guest houses and trains. We then had a flight to Incheon, South Korea. From there we took the train into Seoul to our hostel. It was super cold (single digits), and we went out for a late meal of steaming hot noodles.
12/18
We had breakfast at our cozy hostel (complete with Christmas decorations) and then walked to Namsam park where we hiked up Namsam hill to N Seoul Tower, which has great views of the city. It was a very cold and grey day in Seoul. We then took a bus downtown and visited Gyeongbokgung Palace where we explored the grounds before heading to a lunch of some traditional Korean cuisine. As we walked and bussed around Seoul, we couldn't help but notice how decorated for Christmas it was. We then took a bus back to our neighborhood where we explored a bit of the huge and famous Namdaemun market and sampled a couple Korean snacks.
Then it was back to our hostel to pick up our luggage before catching the train back to Incheon for our flight to Dallas. Korea was nice because, they, unlike China, were in the Christmas spirit. On the flight to Dallas we talked to some flight attendants at the back of the plane during our flight, and they had caught a Chinese man smoking in the bathroom. Classic...! haha
12/19
Arrived to Dallas and then the flight to Denver.
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