Day 1-- Seoul, Korea

We landed in Seoul after traveling since early yesterday morning. We landed around 3:30 local time. It was about an hour transfer in a nice van to the hotel and was included in the price! We got to the hotel around 5pm. It was fun to look around and see the sights as we traveled to the hotel. We are staying at the Hotel Koreana the whole time we will be here in Korea. After unpacking and settling in a bit we wanted to keep moving until bedtime tonight so Todd took us straight to our dinner-- which was traditional Korean BBQ! This was one of my favorite meals of the entire trip! It was so good and just enough heat to make what was in your mouth taste soooo good! The flavors just blended so amazingly together! Todd did his homework on all the restaurants and they are all rated 5 Stars and this one deserved that rating-- so good! And so fun to eat communally and taste all the different spices and things they gave you as dipping sauces, etc. The best part was that at the end of the meal I didn't feel stuffed! We found the BEST shave ice place on the walk back to the hotel... it was shave ice but with frozen milk instead of water... it was seriously so good and so different than anything I've ever tasted and it had fresh fruit mixed in. We shared a large strawberry and mango and they both came with extra sweet and condensed milk to keep adding as you ate! We tried the bean paste fish on the way back to the hotel... NOT my favorite. It must be an Asian thing because I remember trying these with Beckie Rasmussen when we were there with her and Greg in Tokyo in 2020. We made it back to the hotel around 9 and decided to all go to bed so we could be ready to hit the sights tomorrow and hopefully sleep well tonight!