With a little nudging from someone we started our day a
little later then I had wanted to and I moved our first planned stop
to Sunday. The older two were ready right on schedule for breakfast at
6:30 am. Normally we all would have headed to the M Lounge, but this hotel had
a very strict policy in place for the number of guest per room. The older two headed down to the 2nd floor for breakfast. I had told them to charge it to the room and call if they ran into problems. I could hear a little hesitance in their voice, so I headed down with them. I stayed off to the side and they practiced "adulting". They had no problem and off to breakfast they went. Afterwords both said how easy it was and that they would have no problem doing it the next day. I went to get the other two and we headed up to the lounge for breakfast, only to realize it was closed for breakfast. Occasionally things get lost in translation, so we made a u-turn and headed down to the 2nd floor to have breakfast.
I really should have taken some photos! One of the best hotel breakfasts we have ever had. I was over the moon with eggs made to order, but it also had a noddle bar, multiple types of Korean soups, large selection of meats and cheeses, smoked salmon, salad, tons of breads and pastries, fresh fruit, and the hot items included traditional breakfast foods from Korea, America and England.
With very full bellies we headed out to explore.
to explore the ground and learn some history.
We opted to do a self guided audio tour. I really like that way they did it. We were given a small device that you run over numbers or pictures on the map and then it gave you a history lesson. We learned in Europe the group tours are not our thing. We often spend more time exploring than when we do a group tour.
The buildings were beautiful and we learned so much. In school, you sit in
history classes learning so much, but when you start to travel you realize just how little you
actually learned. Because of this, I have never had a problem pulling the kids out of school to travel.
We spent the next few hours exploring and taking photos. We did
stop for a little snack and the family tried some different teas and green onion
scones.
After that we took off to our next location,
It was a cute little area with lots quaint little shops and homes.
We stopped for a little ice cream break and a little impromptu dance from Sweet Boy.
After that we headed out to find some lunch! We always try to explore the local food and this time
was no different.
I am pretty sure this place doesn't get a lot of Americans.
The menu and order sheet were in Korean (normal because it's Korea), but it didn't have
any translation or photos on the menu, like other places did. After
watching us struggle with our phones to translate
they give us a hand written paper
with some things in English.
I don't think it was the full menu, but we picked a few things
and marked our sheet and hoped for the best.
The dish Mr. Man wanted was not available, so he
got the same things as the Diva. I ordered Greg and
Sweet Boy the same dish, but made one spicy.
One of the noodle dishes came out extra spicy!
Greg was very happy about that. We are learning that unlike in the States when
a dish is marked spicy, it is truly spicy.
This little one is living his best life! I hope he looks back
and realizes just how lucky he was. While he doesn't remember much
of his time in Europe, he is old enough to remember his time in South Korea.
Up next is the second half of our day. We still had
"Seoul" much more to do and explore.
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