Seoul Days 1, 2 and 3

We're here! We arrived at approximately 3:30 p.m. Seoul time on the 2nd of June. The flights were fine and getting through immigration and customs was a breeze. Our van driver met us at the terminal and took us to our hotel, Marriott Courtyard Times Square. We took off for a little bit of exploring, had some dinner at the hotel and crashed. We were up early given the time difference but that was ok because we had to figure out our DMZ tour for the day.

We ended up with a different (afternoon) only DMZ tour on the 3rd of June. In the morning to kill some time we decided to explore a 24-hour fish market. We were definitely the minority there and it was so fun to see Koreans in their element and amongst all of these different kind of sea creatures.

In the afternoon we headed out for the DMZ or demilitarized zone, which is the area between North and South Korea. It was very interesting to go through the inflitration tunnel that the South Koreans found was dug by the North Koreans for getting into their country. Very few photo opportunities as the entire tour was on military ground but I will post some later. We ended up in Itaewon back in Seoul, which is a touristy shopping area. We walked around and found a mom and pop dumpling restaurant off the beaten path where we were the only English speaking people in the tiny restaurant. My kind of place. Super fun! We navigated the subways back to our hotel (only got a bit lost once) and crashed.

Sorry I do not have a way to upload photos but please note that they will be there as soon as I can upon our return.

Today in a few minutes we are meeting our tour guide (volunteer and arranged by our agency Holt) who is going to take us on a 5 hour city tour. We are looking forward to seeing more of Seoul.

So far we have been so impressed by how polite Koreans are. We feel very safe. Most Koreans speak pretty good English so it hasn't been a problem getting help or information.

We can't wait to meet our son in a few days -- the big day is June 7!!!

I'll post more later!!

BTW -- if anyone wants to greet us at the airport back in Omaha, that would be great!!!! We arrive on Delta from Detroit at 8:22 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8.