At the summit of Ansan, we tried to determine which way to go down. I think we wanted to go north to put us at Bongwon-sa Temple. We chose the right direction because after a little while we saw a sign at a fork which directed us to the temple. Bongwon-sa Temple Bongwon-sa is a Buddhist …
We were excited to hike Ansan Trail. Having recovered from our monstrous hike up Dongongsan, we were ready to tackle another summit – but this time smaller. Mount Ansan sits unassumingly near Seoul and is home to Bongwon-sa Temple, near Seodaemun Prison, and offers a great view of N Seoul Tower. From there we planned …
A lot of the desserts, candy, etc. we are used to are either not here or are a little on the expensive side here, at least for us. Luckily, the local grocery store sells slightly expired ice cream bars for about the equivalent of 25-75cents (we mostly get the 25 cent ones) so we stock …
When we found about the Seoul Lantern Festival, we decided it was an event we could not miss. Because the trip to Seoul can sometimes be a couple hours on the metro, we like to do a couple different things every time we go into the city. This time, we combined the festival with looking …
I have wanted to visit a cat cafe since I first heard about them years ago so this was pretty exciting for me! Kyle was pretty interested too. Info: For reference to those interested in visiting, the hours for the cafe in Pyeongtaek are noon to 10pm. Getting there: I am not sure why we found it …
On Halloween we went three places: The War Memorial, Itaewon, and the Banpo Rainbow Bridge. Because they are such different places, I will write about them separately. The War Memorial was our first stop. Heading Out, Making Friends We began our trip, like most so far, in the Songtan metro station. After the twenty minute walk to …