Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Seoul! (Lots of potential puns that I will resist from writing)

So Seoul was amazing, pretty much sensory overload, except that unlike Busan it does not smell horrible everywhere. We arrived Friday night and walked around Hongdae and went out for a bit. Saturday we visited Changdeok Palace which was pretty awesome. We went on what turned out to be a 1 hour and 45 min hiking tour of the grounds in Korean but it was nice to see some nature and get a little culture in. We then had the most amazing lunch in Insadong. Dumpling soup from this family owned restaurant and it was by far the best Korean food that I have had. In addition to our dumpling soup we had an awesome Kimchi pancake and some Malki, rice wine. After getting completely stuff we briefly walked around Insadong which is a pretty arty area, lots of galleries with traditional Korean art and shops to buy ceramics and whatnot. Dinner was Spanish tapas, another great meal before going out. We didn't make it out very long as we were pretty exhausted from all our culture that day. Sunday morning/noon we had lunch at a Turkish restaurant that was surprisingly busy for a Sunday morning, must have been the church crowd. Then we spent the rest of the day doing some shopping and walking around. Once we couldn't walk any more and just wanted to lie down in the street from exhaustion we headed back to Seoul station and got on a train for Busan. Quite a successful trip, I can't wait to go back!

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Almost forgot to capture out amazing meal

Turkish amazingness









Perfect footwear for a hike










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