Geordie George

Mr GG has decided that we're off to the UK for a holiday; due to my uni commitments, the only time we can go is February. We've found well priced flights with Air Korea, so we'll be having an overnight stay in Seoul on the way there and then a five night stopover in Seoul on the way back to Sydney. Does anyone have any recommendations on where to stay on the way back, please? (The airline will put us up at an airport hotel on the way over, because of the flight times.) And any recommendations of what to do/where to head in Korea would be appreciated - we'll have a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old to entertain (who both think it's freezing when it drops below about 18c. I dread to think what they'll make of single digit temperatures!). Thanking you muchly.

Swerv-o

I don't know much about Korea, but I do know one thing: It's got Seoul...


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DeadVim

I have no idea but I'd just like to say hello and good luck.

Geordie George

Boom, tish! You'll be here all week, right?

Geordie George

Hello, M! With a three-year-old and a five-year-old on a long haul flight, I'm gonna need drugs, not just luck.

kimilseung

A couple of kid friendly options:

Lotte World for the little uns. This is a Disney style theme park, done Korea style, but it has indoor and outdoor areas, so you can get out of the cold.

Yetchatjip, there is a tea house in the Insadong area, it will give the adult the tea experience and give the little ones the birds flying around the room.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-ko...tea/yetchatjip

bcworld

We're having a 2 day stopover in Seoul in November.

Most of the things I've read recommend staying in Myeongdong...and we're meeting up with friends there who have been before and that was also their recommendation.

We've booked at a new Fraser hotel nearby...but they also have another place, Fraser Central Seoul which I think also has a good location and does 2 bed apartments which might suit you well...prices were good.

fraser

Just for the flight?

Geordie George

Now you mention it ... Two and a half weeks with the in-laws <shudder>.

Other people go on nice holidays to exotic places. I get two wet, snowy weeks in Barnsley with the Dragon.

Swerv-o

I'm looking forward to my Christmas extravagance in the UK. I must admit though that it's far nicer in the lead up to Christmas, than after it


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Kelli28

Take snacks and iPads food and entertainment is crap, I flew a few years ago with my son and the movie was a bit violent for kids.

DeadVim

I hear ya, we packed small toys up in wrapping paper and every 30 minutes or so unwrapped one, they don't have to be new either. Seemed to work better than just having a huge pile of them to begin with.

I spent the entire Singapore to London leg with a 2 year old asleep on my lap afraid to move in case she woke up. I was wrecked coming off that plane.

Flight Centre neglected to book the basinette for that leg and there were no spare seats ... Every time I see their advert I want to hurl things at the TV.

Geordie George

Oh, yes, the joys of flying with children. When we moved back over here, we had bulkhead seats, but Miss Moo was too long for a bassinet. I put my feet up on the wall and she fell asleep on my outstretched legs. That was somewhere over Poland. By the time we landed at Singapore, I was practically paralysed from the waist down. We did the new toy every 30 minutes or so thing, too; we'd bought her a Trunki to keep them all in. Will need to get another Trunki, really, so the Gorilla has his own stash of tat, otherwise there'll be arguments.

Swerv-o

I do that anyway, and I have never suffered the indignity of neglectful basinette booking...



Phenergan...


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Geordie George

I figure this time it's Mr GG's turn to do childcare on the flight. I'm going to book a seat elsewhere and pretend I'm not with them.