Around the world in 15 days (part 2: north by northwest)

Friday We woke up early to check email, finish packing, and meet Virginia’s father for breakfast. After breakfast we took … More

Around the world in 15 days (part 1: Hong Kong and Seoul)

Sunday Our journey began without much difficulty. We had an easy trip to O’Hare Terminal 5, followed by an equally … More

Monday After our morning routine of exercise and coffee, we had breakfast with Virginia’s father in the hotel. We reserved … More

Thursday/Friday Unlike most flights from Chicago to Europe, which take off too early to get any real sleep, Asiana’s flight … More

Friday After the sheer hedonism of the previous night’s dinner, we kept our breakfast light, getting coffee from the Pierre … More

Wednesday We were heading back to Seoul later in the day, so we didn’t plan much to do. We all … More

Sunday Virginia and I awoke early. We decided to let her father sleep in, so we quietly got ourselves together … More

Virginia and I recently took our second trip to Asia. As before, our driving motivation was visiting her father, who lives … More

Thursday We arrived around 6:30pm, in plenty of time to get to our hotel in Kowloon and see the nightly … More