This year we've planned a trip to Asia! We leave at 12:30am on Friday, November 4 for Seoul, South Korea. From there we will wind our way by bus, ferry, and high speed rail to Tokyo, Japan, to catch a flight back to America on Sunday, November 27. The map below charts our course:
We've spent more time preparing for this trip than any of our previous vacations. We bought plane tickets in July, and had been talking about going to Korea and Japan since the spring. One of the reasons we decided to go to Asia is that Paul has two college friends in the region. We will be staying with Paul's friend Megan in Seoul and his friend Emiko, from Beppu, Japan, will be joining us for a week of our trip... from Busan to Osaka.
To make things more interesting, David has spent the past 5 months trying to learn Korean. He has annyeonghaseyo (hello), sochu (booze), and hwajangshil (bathroom) down, but it gets fuzzy after that... While Paul, when tasked to learn Japanese, one-upped David by enlisting Emiko as a Japanese interpreter.
Next stop, Seoul!
