Wandering Browns

The place we stayed in Sokcho reminded me of guesthouses that we stayed in while traveling in Italy- homey and simple. I wanted to stay in a place that felt more like a home than a hotel, and I think we accomplished that. The bed was a little hard for Austin's taste, but I actually liked it better than our hard bed in the hotel. Landon had his own sleeping mat and blanket and pillow and did pretty well sleeping there through the night. One night he got cold and ended up in bed with us, but other than that he was great! Our room There were 3 huge paintings decorating the upstairs walls We ordered a smoothie the last morning and Onam brought Landon in and sat him down in her little shop out front and gave him cereal to munch on while she made the smoothie.  For breakfast, we got to make our own in a self-service kitchen! Austin cooked up eggs while I made toast and hot dogs for Landon and I and we feasted on what we had made. Austin reflected that it was the first t...

Austin had a "long-off" at work, meaning he has quite a few days off in a row because he also works 7 days in a row sometimes. It is glorious. Last time, we explored Seoul. This time, we decided to go on a mini vacation to Sokcho, a town on the east coast of Korea. It is actually the last city on the east coast prior to hitting their neighbors to the north. To get there from our hotel in Seoul, we took 2 different metro trains for about an hour, then hopped on a REALLY nice bus for 2.5 hours, then took a city bus to our guesthouse here in Sokcho. The intercity bus from Seoul had wide comfy leather seats and plenty of leg room. It was seriously nicer than the seating on the international flights I have been on recently. Landon slept on the long bus ride thankfully. I enjoyed the amazing view out the window- mountains and little towns and farms. When we got to the Sokcho bus terminal, who happened to walk by but the LDS missionaries. They were both American and so we talked ...