For the last day of our trip, my mom, sis and I went to Kyoto. Kyoto is pretty close to Nagoya, so I’ve been lucky that I’ve been a few times already. Since it was my mom’s first time, we chose some popular tourist spots to visit. After arriving in Gion early in the morning, we first dropped off our bags at our ryokan, then headed out to our first spot that day – Tofukuji. It was actually my first…
After coming back from Korea, our next day was our day trip to USJ. I’ve only been to Tokyo Disney Sea before, so this was my second time visiting a theme park in Japan. I think the only thing I remembered from Disney Sea was the insane amount of time I spent waiting in line. I set my expectations lower this time and only planned to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to go on one ride – Harry…
For our last full day in Korea, we started the morning off at the National Museum of Korea. The permanent exhibition is open to the public free of charge and consists of three floors. It took us the better part of the morning to go through the first and second floor. We decided to break up the visit by having lunch at their food court before going to the third floor. (Side note: There’s actually a lot of options at…
Day 2 in Korea was by far the coldest day for us. We spent nearly 4 hours outside in -20c temperature while visiting Changdeokgung Palace. Note to anyone visiting the palace in the winter – there are no facilities with heating inside, so be prepared to stay outdoors the entire time you’re there. After buying our tickets, we spent about two hours exploring the palace grounds. (Which was actually more than enough time considering how brutally cold it was.) We…
Trying to get all my entries written while my memory is still fresh. Moving on to my Korea trip – I’ve always wanted to visit the country so I was super excited before going. However, my major regret upon arriving there was choosing to go smack in the middle of winter. It was soooo cold!! Lol After arriving at Incheon airport, we first took an airport bus to go directly to our hotel. After dropping off our bags, we ventured…