As the COVID pandemic was starting to get under control, I was of course itchy to get back to traveling. And while a cruise seemed like the worst place to limit exposure, I knew the ships were emptier and we really just needed an easy vacation. Unfortunately cases kept spiking…
Like the rest of the world, the COVID pandemic ground our travels to a halt. We were hoping to get vaccinated so we could take some sort of trip this summer, but really weren’t sure when our names would come up in the vaccine lottery. Well, on some random weekend…
I remembering hearing about the DMZ growing up and learning a long time ago that Americans were allowed to visit and even step into North Korea. For years, I knew if I ever made it to Korea, this would be at the top of my list. So when I planned…
We arrived in Seoul after an exhausting, but fun 11 days in Japan. After grabbing some snacks at the airport since we missed lunch and picking up our pocket wifi, we headed for our hotel to drop off our bags. Normally we’d drop our bags and head out to explore,…