More layers of borrowed clothes and we're ready to go again. Today starts with the subway to downtown where we catch a bus to Deoksugung Palace. This is where they king lived while the other palace was being rebuilt. Next bus stop was Namdaemun Market. Namdaemun market is one of the oldest continually running markets in South Korea, and it may be the largest retail market in Seoul. The streets in which the market is located were built in a time when cars wer...

Today started with loud squeals in our hotel lobby as MinJi spotted us and shot across to give big hugs. It was really so good seeing her and her brother, MinWoo after six months. We started out by putting on the extra winter clothes that MinJi's mom sent along for us. Before we left Phoenix, the average temperature was in the 40's now its forecast to have a high of 18F. 18 friggin degrees!! MinJi must be special to get me away from Phoenix in the winter....

Christmas day is actually kinda boring. We met Michelle & Mom at the airport and eat, what else? DIM SUM!!! Have I mentioned Ryan & I love Dim Sum? After saying our goodbyes, we head to the gate and wait. Hong Kong is fogged in. After a bit of a delay we get on the plane and find we've been bumped to business class. Sweet! Especially because we get dalyed another hour or so on the ground before we even push back. We got to Incheon uneventfuly but found it ...

Christmas eve started as any other early day... Dim Sum for breakfast! I could really get used to that everyday. After eating we headed off to The Peak by MTR. After getting off, guess what? Another mall. Mall are a way of life here. After more escalators and moving walkways then I can count, we finally surfaced to find our way through Hong Kong Park. The Tram is one of the world's steepest funicular railways and has been operating since 1888. It drops you ...

Day Three started with a subway ride to Admiralty Station, by the ferries on the Hong Kong side. The ferry terminal is in yet another mall. We purchased out ferry tickets and had time to kill so we went across the street to the Western Market. Found a really good bakery and cloth shops that were to die for. Also some pretty funky, double decker buses that were obviously made for skinny area. The tramcars have been around for ages and are an effiecnt way of movin...