Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

This morning in Seoul, I was off to the palace. Gyeongbokgung Palace, to be exact. Of the two of the most significant royal palaces in...

If anyone has this post read aloud to them, I hope the reader spells out “Seoul” in “Seoul Food.” It’s not at all about soul...

This afternoon, on my first full day in Seoul, I visited the Namsangol Hanok Village, which isn’t too far from one side of the base...

Okay, Namsan, which means “South Mountain,” is not the most towering of mountains. But it’s one of Seoul’s four “guardian mountains.” I don’t know what...

This will be little more than a sign-of-life post for the benefit of people who know that I left Toronto, Canada, to come to Seoul,...

If you followed along my journal entries for my trip through some of the south of France and read the last post from Nice, you’ll...

I got back to Nice from my morning trip to Villefranche-sur-Mer at about 2:00 in the afternoon. Upon my return, I visited Palais Lascaris. Then,...

I took a half-day trip to Villefranche-sur-Mer from its neighbour, Nice, my base, this morning. I like a town that tells you what it is...

The “Mediterranean Cruise” in the title of this post makes it sound like it was more than it was. It lasted a total of one...

After my primarily technological frustrations of yesterday afternoon on my day trip to Monte Carlo, Monaco, I decided to stay in Nice, my current base,...