Red Square, St Basil’s Cathedral, The Kremlin – we did it all! There are few sights so characteristically Moscovian than the ones we saw today. It was awesome! Our day started nice and early with a tour group “meet and greet”. Our guide for the week, Tatyana, is […]
We survived our first full day in Russia – woo-hoo! We took it pretty easy today; both of us are still a little jet-lagged (we were awake by 4:00am Moscow time this morning, partially due to the fact it felt like 9:00am Seoul time and also due to […]
`Some final thoughts on Seoul, and a few first impressions of Moscow… Today was officially our longest transit day to date, but we made it – we’re in Moscow! It took 11 hours of flying, but we got all the way from Asia to Europe to day. Our […]
Seoul is a haven for sappy romantics! It seems Koreans are hopeless romantics. Go figure! We discovered this on our trip up Namsan Hill today. This 262m hill is the highest point in the city and is also one of the few green spots in this crazy metropolis; […]
A sunny summer’s day in Seoul – perfect for touristing. We awoke to a bright sunny morning, which was nice after yesterday’s rain. What was more interesting was waking up to a whole lot of big blue police buses and a troop of riot police in bright yellow […]