Tag: Travel

Kiwa Taproom, Seoul, South Korea

by gavin, posted in Bars, Travel

For my first day in Seoul I decided to head up a little north to the famous Insadong Street, close to Gyeongbokgung Palace. Jumping off the metro at Jong-Gag station I walked around the area for a while before heading a little further north towards the palace.

I didn’t go into the palace as it was coming toward lunchtime and I was hungry and thirsty.

Pulling up my map app I found a small local brewery close by called Kiwa Taproom very close to Seoul’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

KIWA TAPROOM, 종로구 율곡로1길 74-7, Seoul, 03062, South Korea

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Novotel Sydney International Airport, Sydney, Australia

by gavin, posted in Hotels, Travel

It was a big day for me, I was off on my first trip since COVID hit in 2020!

I had decided to head off to Seoul in South Korea and Taipei in Taiwan to investigate 2 new destinations. To get to Seoul I would need to fly out of Sydney rather than Melbourne, so rather than get a 6am flight from Melbourne to Sydney on the morning of my Seoul flight I decided to fly up the afternoon before and stay close to the airport.

There are a couple of hotels close to Sydney Airport but I chose to stay at the Novotel. It’s close to the airport but not much else, so you’ll also be eating at the hotel if you don’t have a car.

Novotel Sydney International Airport, Sydney International Airport, Sydney, New South Wales 2205, Australia

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Europe 2019 retrospective

by gavin, posted in Bars, Coffee, Hotels, Restaurants, Travel

For my Europe trip this year I decided to head off to southern France and bypass Paris altogether, and to finish off the trip with a couple of days relaxing in Amsterdam.

Overall the weather was pretty disappointing, most days were cloudy but not too much rain thankfully. Towards the end of May the weather started to get better with one day in Amsterdam being nice and warm (and I even got a bit of a tan!) but I think my next trip would need to be June (but need to avoid all the school holidays).

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Black Sugar Coffee & Lifestyle, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

by gavin, posted in Coffee, Travel

I had a one night stay in Hong Kong on my way home from Europe. Getting back into the right timezone meant making sure I got up at a reasonable time and that means coffee. I ventured out and found a new place closeby called Black Sugar Coffee & Lifestyle.

Black Sugar Coffee & Lifestyle, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

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