He's British, she's Australian. Here's their trick to traveling 10,000 miles — with kids in tow

I'm proud to call the tiny sugarcane farming community of Ingham, Australia, my hometown.

It boasts blue skies, sandy beaches and Australia's longest single-drop waterfall. But its location — at the northern end of the state of Queensland — is a problem for me.

Lured by the desire to explore Europe, I left for London 17 years ago, on a two-year working holiday visa. I had no idea that a handsome English stranger I met in a bar one evening would be my future husband. It's the reason that I am now a permanent resident of the United Kingdom, raising two young boys who speak with British accents and have no idea what Vegemite is.

Our yearly return to Australia involves multiple long-haul flights and a 10-hour time difference. So we book stopovers to break up the distance.

We try to stop somewhere new each time. Here's what we have found so far.

Pros: Seoul's street food, kid-friendly Korean Air

The cinema-themed Hotel28 provides popcorn and gift packs for kids on arrival. The mini bar is free too. It's in the heart of the buzzy Myeongdong district, packed with Korean barbecue, fried chicken, noodle and seafood restaurants. Around the corner at the Myeongdog Night Market, we sampled street food like fried baby crab while watching K-pop buskers.

Getting to Seoul was a cinch on Korean Air, which lets parents pre-book kids' meals like pizza, hot dogs and barbecue chicken. Plus, they provide kid-sized headphones for the in-flight entertainment. 

If there's no connecting flight to your destination on the day itself, Korean Air includes a free night's stay at the five-star Grand Hyatt Incheon. We took advantage of this on the way back from Australia. The stay included a vast breakfast buffet, where we feasted on Korean food and Western