Seoul, Korea

We now know what it must be like for Asian tourists visiting New Zealand. We are staying in a hotel in Incheon, which seems to be a suburb in Seoul. This is not like Hong Kong or Singapore where the locals are used to seeing Western business people. We do get a lot of stares, which is weird! In saying that, everyone is friendly. We don't know how to say hello in Korean which makes it a bit hard.

Stef is surprised that we have swollen feet and hands from the flight and humidity. We can't wait till our cankles and sausage fingers go down!

Dinner and breakfast came free with the hotel. Breakfast was cereal, eggs, toast etc, but dinner had a bit more variety. I stuck to the stuff I knew, but Stef was more adventurous, trying one of nearly everything! She doesn't recommend the cuttlefish!

Last night we explored the town and found an area full of clothes shops. This was Stef's dream shopping location because the shops were stocked full of bright coloured clothes and shoes! This morning we had a look through ChinaTown and a park. Very nice, but most places were closed because it is Sunday.

We are now just relaxing waiting for our bus to take us back to the airport. Our flight goes via Milan and will take us 15 hours to get to Rome. That is a long time to spend on one plane.

- Heidi