TRAVEL EXPERIENCES Limousine Bus to the Airport: Easy Way to Get to Incheon Intl Airport Posted on February 18, 2016June 9, 2024 We love the price and flexibility of the train, but hate the transfers. This time we decided to take the bus– the limousine bus at the express terminal at Dondaegu Station here in Daegu. Read more
LIFESTYLE In Pursuit of Bliss: Exploring Thai Massages in South Korea Posted on February 12, 2016January 21, 2025 I haven’t stopped thinking about Thailand. I snorkeled crystal clear water, canoed bat infested caves, rode the back of a gentle giant & skipped over white peaked waves on a speed boat. But I can’t get one thing out my mind far less adventurous out of my mind. We ended every day with 90-minute Thai massages that blew us away. Back home I searched for authentic practitioners of the art. Read more
PLACES Where to Stay in Busan: Sunset Business Hotel on Haeundae Beach Posted on February 10, 2016July 4, 2024 What can I say? I have good instincts. I found the Sunset Business Hotel on www.booking.com. It doesn’t include breakfast, something I usually look for, but it near restaurants, the Metro and the beach and the room looked nice. It’s near everything you’d need for the weekend and best of it all it costs $59 per night and came with free coffee and a view. Read more
LIFESTYLE Turn Your Travel Dreams into Travel Reality Posted on January 31, 2016July 15, 2024 How many times have you said you’re living vicariously through another’s words, pictures or stories? When are you going to stop living through someone else’s travels and start some of your own? Are you concerned you don’t have the money? Or the time off work? Or are you just dragging your feet waiting to win the Powerball so you’ll have an unlimited supply of both? Read more
CULINARY TRAVEL Where to Get Your Western Comfort Food in Busan Posted on January 30, 2016July 19, 2024 Busan has great food. Every now and then I crave something that’s really savory like a thick and juicy hamburger that is not smothered in a sweet sauce. I want something I didn’t cook myself, have to guess what it is, comes on a stick or was alive two minutes ago. There are restaurants that serve French, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Spanish Tapas and of course Korean BBQ– a little something from every corner of the globe. Read more
LIFESTYLE Korea’s Retail Giant: Inside Hyundai Department Store Posted on January 27, 2016July 30, 2024 Even though shopping is terrible on-post, shopping in Daegu is pretty good. There are tons of local malls, underground shops, and traditional markets. Donga and Hyundai Department Store in Daegu are located downtown. Although I love the mall, the real value in Hyundai lies in its food stalls and restaurants…. Read more
LIFESTYLE Do You Sing? Let’s Nolaebang in South Korea? Posted on January 25, 2016June 9, 2024 You’re having a great time already and a few of your friends ask you to go to Nolaebang with them. Sure, let’s go. Nolaebang is the Korean karaoke bar and they are just as common as the coffee shops and make-up stores found all over South Korea. Read more
PLACES Shinsegae Department Store- the World’s Largest Department Store Posted on January 20, 2016May 24, 2024 This weekend I took my husband to the last place any self-respecting husband ever wants to go with his wife–the mall. But not just any mall. We went to the biggest mall in the whole world. Shinsegae Centumcity is located in downtown Busan Korea, a port city and the second largest city of Korea. It has been in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest retail space since its construction in 2009. Read more