I'm a Seoul Man

Our friend Mishi is currently spending a year teaching English in South Korea. Her family couldn't visit her, so she had no choice but to spend Christmas alone. Until Mackenzie had the idea that we could go visit her in South Korea! We were already nearby in India, so why not?

It was a grand idea, but we discovered two small problems. First of all, India isn't actually right next to South Korea (it turns out Asia is a big continent.) Our plan to ride elephants all the way from Kerala to Seoul had to be scrapped. Second of all: Seoul is COLD. Its latitude and climate is about the same as New York - not the most wonderful place to be for Christmas, and quite a shock after Kerala. On top of that, South Korea was in the midst of a cold snap when we arrived. So our trip looked like this:



Nevertheless, we vowed to fight through the snow and the freezing wind and do some touristy stuff in Seoul.



Here, from Mishi's blog, are a bunch more pictures of our exploits in Seoul (as well as some from our ensuing trip to Jeju Island... but more of that in the next post!)
http://www.therestofmylifesofar.net/2011/01/very-jeju-christmas-first-day.html