Dec 24: On Korea Part 2 and Closing 2024
2025 is here! But I digress. This is meant to be a post for December 2024. I spent the first part of December in Korea. It was our first time back since 2015 and it was also the first long international trip for the kids. My intrepid little travellers It was great to be able to do some of the things we didn’t manage to do the last time we came here – like put on hanboks, or glimpse North Korea from the DMZ. I also really wanted to see snow , and a giant snowstorm preceding our visit seemed to offer hope, but the extent of the snow we saw was limited to what you see in the video below. I don't think Korea has changed that much in ten- ish years. But I will say it's much easier to find halal food these days. We were particularly amused that a random Wingstop outlet in Gangnam was able to produce a halal certificate. Our visit also coincided with the proclamation of martial law , which sounds really dramatic – but life in Korea generally went on as usual, at least based on my obse...
