Travel
Yesterday, I had been on the Korail website to check what time our train was going to leave. I had read that from Monday to Friday you can easily travel without a reservation. But it looked like it was really easy to book, and the website was all in English, so I went ahead and bought our tickets online.
I was given a reservation number, and the whole transaction proceeded seamlessly. We were booked on the 12:20pm train from Seoul's Yongsan Train station. Note...Seoul has two major train stations, so you need to make sure you know which one your train is leaving from!
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- Via Rail Part 1
Lindsey and Justin and Cameron drove us to Halifaxyesterday morning so that we could catch our 12:15pm train “The Ocean” which runs from Halifax to Montreal. It was a Sunday, so there was very little traffic on the roads and we made it with lots of...
- Hello, Iceland!
We were up at 6:00am this morning, and our hosts in England drove us to Hereford train station. Our train arrived and departed right on time, and by 8:00am we were watching the green English countryside wizz by. Click here to read more......
- Travel Days Are Never Boring!
So we set off yesterday morning, headed for the village of Zuberec, without any idea of where we were staying. We walked down to the train station in Istebne, with lots of time to wait for our 9:52am train. And we waited. And we waited. Click here to...
- Arrived In Leeds!
Our bus left London at 1:30pm yesterday afternoon, so when we set off for Victoria Station at 11:30am, we thought we had lots of time. We had to walk to the overground railway and take one train with a connection to the underground train. No problem,...
- Train Misadventures In Italy
Next day we visited Turin, the capital of Piedmont, about 130km from Milan. We took the train from the Central Station (the ticket costs about 9euros one way per person and it takes 2 hours to get to the destination). However, we made it...
Travel
Riding the rails at 300 km/h (186 mph)!
Yesterday, I had been on the Korail website to check what time our train was going to leave. I had read that from Monday to Friday you can easily travel without a reservation. But it looked like it was really easy to book, and the website was all in English, so I went ahead and bought our tickets online.
I was given a reservation number, and the whole transaction proceeded seamlessly. We were booked on the 12:20pm train from Seoul's Yongsan Train station. Note...Seoul has two major train stations, so you need to make sure you know which one your train is leaving from!
Click here to read more...
- Via Rail Part 1
Lindsey and Justin and Cameron drove us to Halifaxyesterday morning so that we could catch our 12:15pm train “The Ocean” which runs from Halifax to Montreal. It was a Sunday, so there was very little traffic on the roads and we made it with lots of...
- Hello, Iceland!
We were up at 6:00am this morning, and our hosts in England drove us to Hereford train station. Our train arrived and departed right on time, and by 8:00am we were watching the green English countryside wizz by. Click here to read more......
- Travel Days Are Never Boring!
So we set off yesterday morning, headed for the village of Zuberec, without any idea of where we were staying. We walked down to the train station in Istebne, with lots of time to wait for our 9:52am train. And we waited. And we waited. Click here to...
- Arrived In Leeds!
Our bus left London at 1:30pm yesterday afternoon, so when we set off for Victoria Station at 11:30am, we thought we had lots of time. We had to walk to the overground railway and take one train with a connection to the underground train. No problem,...
- Train Misadventures In Italy
Next day we visited Turin, the capital of Piedmont, about 130km from Milan. We took the train from the Central Station (the ticket costs about 9euros one way per person and it takes 2 hours to get to the destination). However, we made it...