The Korea DMZ (demilitarized zone) splits the country in half and is located a few tens of kilometers north of Seoul. For my generation the Korean War is somewhat lost to history, obscured between World War II and more modern conflicts such as the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. Our only context is faint childhood memories…
Around Seoul
There’s so much to see on the streets of Seoul, but it’s also nice to see Seoul from different perspectives. Here’s three videos that do that. Gangnam AirBnB: We stayed in the modern Gangnam district, made famous by the K-Pop song Gangnam Style, which was a parody on the faux rich of the district. Our…
Seoul Day 1
Finally getting caught up on the video editing after a slow start due to software issues. We have set up a youtube channel which we will figure out how to link to at some point. Don’t worry though, all videos will be linked from this blog. Here’s a few covering our first full day in…
Off to College – Part 2
Following up the previous post, Spaceflight’s SSO-A mission was a complete success. Here’s a great video from SpaceX on the first part of the mission, which is the ride into orbit. There is no video from the second part of the mission, which is the deployment of 64 spacecraft. However, telemetry has confirmed this happened…
Cheonan, Korea
If you look up “top 20 things to do in Korea”, going to Cheonan is not one of them. We went here to see Ho Ja Kim, Ann’s best friend growing up. Cheonan is an industrial city whose existence owes to sitting geographically at the intersection of three valleys, and therefore it became a key…
Seoul Thoughts
Our first week in Korea was spent in the bustling city of Seoul. We came, we ate, we conquered. While we hit some of the top “things to do” such as the Imperial Palace and the DMZ, and enjoyed them immensely, it was the spontaneous adventures that we loved most. On the first day…
Off to College
This trip marks the beginning of the next chapter. But it will take time to move on from the last one: Marian and I spent the better part of 20 years building an amazing company and made the difficult decision to exit it entirely this summer (due to a number of factors our final separation…
Seoul Food
We’ve spent the first week of this adventure exploring Seoul and all it has to offer. We’ve tried to establish a daily routine but there is just too much to see and do, plus good food to eat and relatives to visit. We spent the first day visiting the imperial palaces from the Joseon…
The Adventure Begins
Day 1 – November 24, 2018 Preparing for a trip is never easy. It’s like life – you can’t take (have) everything you want, but the reality is you have more than you will ever need. Going “on the road” for three plus months at this stage of our lives seemed improbable and impractical….
The Next Chapter
We are starting a blog for our trip, and really, for the next chapter in our lives. After twenty years of working together, creating companies and raising three children, now young adults, we have decided to travel for three months to Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. This is a way to share our travels; the…