This morning is our first day starting our Korean tour. We are heading down to the country side, eating our way to Busan city. 

First stop: Ji Ri San

Jirisan is a mountain located in the southern region of South Korea. It is the tallest mountain in mainland South Korea.

Farm to table

Cousins!

After church we went out to a restaurant called Mackerel Cross the Mountain. They are known for grilled mackerel with all you can eat side dishes.

Dessert at Sulbing

Waiting for the parade to start. Present time: 10a.m.  We officially been here for 14 hours now.

We had a spectacular time!

This morning at 6 am. my brother’s family came to pick us to go to The Caribbean Bay Water Park. FUN!

We got here bright and early to beat the crowd.

Biggest hot dog I ever had. Andrew, are you jealous?

We played in the water until 6 pm then we headed over to Everland Amusement park next door.

Fun at the gift shop

I saw so many fun looking candies that I told kids to grab a bag and get some candies. They looked at me with squinty eyes and poked me to see if I was their real mom. Oh kids… 

I took the kids to old town in Seoul, called Ik-Sun-Dong Hanok Village, where residents still live. There’s one section that old buildings have been converted into very chic cafes and restaurants. By 11:30pm, we saw people lining up to get into restaurants.

We had a brunch at one of the cafes here. 

Then dumplings from the “Best Dumpling place”. I have to agree with the name. We couldn’t get a table because the waiting line was too long, so we ordered to go.

We also wandered around bustling streets of Myeong-Dong where it’s packed with international fashion brands, luxury department stores and homegrown cosmetic shops. I came home with 20+ different kinds of face masks as well as masks for hair and feet. They had so much variety!

Today we hopped on a subway train and went to a bookstore inside The Hyundai Department store.

I love the food court in the department stores. They got so much varieties of amazing food. 

Chicken leg stuffed with fried rice

cold buckwheat noodles (??)

Mozzarella stick & French fries?  Why not…

We stepped outside of my parents place and walked a few blocks to  a bakery for some coffee and delicious pastry. I love how convenient it is. Everything available within walking distance.

Chloe’s sad because she’s missing her dad…

Got them ice cream to cheer them up. An easy fix. 🙂

This is what’s for dinner.

Come to my belly.

From the last meal in San Francisco to

The first meal in Korea at 4:30 a.m.!
Kids and I flew to S. Korea while Andrew flew back home to NJ. We survived 12 hour flight, no problem. We were so exhausted from the Yosemite adventure we slept through most of our flight. We all fell asleep an hour into taking off and when we woke up, we only had an hour left to landing. It was the best flight!

Oh how I missed you my country, and real authentic Korean food…:)
We’re so excited to spend a whole month here!!!