Category: Travel
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Visiting North Korea (kind of, so close!)
Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in – this post is gonna be a big one! Of course, we couldn’t visit South Korea without visiting North Korea, and the easiest way to do that is a DMZ tour. In case you are unfamiliar with the DMZ, this is the Korean…
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Pretty Changdeokgung Palace
Okay, so we finally found the Korean Palace experience we’d been looking for. No, we didn’t hire hanbok, we just visited Changdeokgung! The place is just so photogenic, with lots of different styles of architecture and cool little details. One minute you’re gazing at a massive throne hall, painted in…
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We got tattooed in Seoul!
Prior to the trip, I had thought it would be cool to get tattooed while we were away. Upon googling, I read things like “TATTOOS ARE ILLEGAL IN SOUTH KOREA” or “the tattooist has to have a doctorate”? Or something, I don’t know, but it all seemed ridiculous anyway, and…
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Our teen-guided tour of Deoksu Palace
Our first official Palace visit in Seoul! And I’m glad we went there before later going to Changdeokgung because it was less impressive. Not to say it wasn’t interesting, in fact we had quite a unique experience. When we first arrived we were approached to have a volunteer tour guide…
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Starfield Library Seoul
We all know that I love libraries (and I can clearly remember every library I’ve ever been into) so it’s not surprising that the Starfield Library at COEX Mall was one of my favourite spots in Seoul. A library in a mall – is this common? I know Linwood Library…
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Seoul Lantern Festival
(Sorry about the posting hiatus; smaller hotel rooms in Japan = laptop out less often!!) Back in early November we checked out the Seoul Lantern Festival. We had planned to go have a look a couple of times but ditched it, then happened to find ourselves in the area again…
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Gyeongbok Palace… almost
After our wander through Bukchon we found ourselves outside Gyeongbokgung – the most important of the the 5 palaces in Seoul City. The walk around the outside of the wall was lovely with the late afternoon sun shining on the golden ginkgo trees. There was a group of school kids all in yellow…
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Seoul Kimchi Festival
After eating Korean food for a few years now I can definitely say I am a kimchi convert – Joel even more so! So we were pretty stoked to discover that the Seoul Kimchi Festival was on while we were here. Kimchi is probably one of the most well-known Korean…
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Exploring Bukchon
We headed out from our apartment intending to visit Changdeokgung Palace but in our search for lunch we found ourselves in Bukchon. Bukchon is a neighbourhood of hanok (traditional Korean houses) and is a really popular spot to visit in Seoul. It’s also really hilly, so I’m glad we were…
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Reading on the Seoul metro
I’m still undecided about e-books vs physical books, but as an avid reader of course I have an e-reader, and when I can’t get to a library I use that. But I’ve always thought “I would never read a book on my phone”. Until now that is. Being in Seoul…
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