See a different South Korea in winter

Alpensia Stadium in PyeongChang is one of the venues of the coming Winter Games.

The ride from the airport to my hotel in Myeongdong was a struggle. My cab driver was fighting Seoul’s morning traffic; I fought the grogginess from being on the red-eye flight.

At the hotel, I was told to leave my bags and get on the bus. The trip had already started and people were waiting. I hurriedly dug my jacket out of my luggage and joined the group, panicking momentarily that I didn’t have a workable SIM card and I hadn’t had any coffee.