My trip to Korea with my geisha family Part 1

I travel somewhere with my geisha family 1 or 2 times a year.
Last Dec, we went to the Spa Resort Hawaiians and stayed one night.
This time we went to Korea for 2 nights.

At first, we visited a small travel agency run by our regular customer in order to seek his advice.
We didn’t have much time in Korea, so we decided to visit only Seoul and Hwaseong Fortress which is a famous sight-seeing spot near Seoul.

To tell the truth, I visited Korea 3 years ago by myself, and stayed in Seoul for 3 nights, so I didn’t need a tour guide.
Actually I usually travel alone because I can save money, talk to the local people and most importantly I can try my survival skills.
However my geisha mother and most of my geisha sisters thought that they needed a guide in case they wanted to ask questions.

Several weeks later, the travel agency suggested a travel plan, and we discussed about it.
The travel plan was different to what I did 3 years ago, so I was relieved. However it was very expensive.

On the day of the trip, we gathered at Haneda airport in the early morning and ate breakfast together. In the airplane, we ate breakfast again and enjoyed relaxing.
Only 2.5 hours later we arrived at Gimpo International Airport. We soon found our tour guide and moved to the Hotel in a big car which had been prepared for us.
After we left our suitcases at the Hotel, we went to a famous restaurant which our tour guide had recommended to us. The restaurant was very crowded, but the lunch was very delicious.

After lunch we enjoyed window shopping in Myeong-dong and went to a foot massage salon which our tour guide had already reserved.
The foot massage was very good and not so expensive, so I was very satisfied.

By the end of the massage, I started really relaxing into the trip.
I started to think that a customized package tour was not so bad after all and eating meals with other people was fun.

After the foot massage, we met our tour guide again and went to a restaurant which our tour guide had also reserved for us. The dinner was also very delicious.

After dinner, the time which I had been really looking forward to finally came.
We went to the Nanta theater.

The Nanta show is a very famous non-verbal modern performance which includes acrobatics, comedy, magic tricks and improvised music and is performed everyday at some Nanta theaters around Korea.
The standard of their performance was higher than I had expected.
The story of Nanta was very funny and the performers looked like they were really enjoying the performance.
When it finished, I burst into tears. I highly recommend you see it.

After the Nanta show we came back to the Hotel, and that night we went to bed early.
I’ll write about the second and the third day in my next diary.