If you are making a visit to Seoul you won’t want to miss Gyeongbokgung Palace. Currently, it’s ranked as the 2nd top thing to do in Seoul on Trip Advisor – after the War Memorial. The palace is stunning year-round with pale pink cherry blossoms in bloom in the spring, a nice green landscape in …
Seoul was a bit farther for us while living in Songtan so we tried to find some closer things to do as well. The AK plaza in Pyeongtaek (a large sort of mall, though the Koreans call it a department store) is one of these such places. It is located at the Pyeongtaek Metro Station. …
The National Museum of Korea is the largest museum in Asia, and one of the largest in the world, attracting over 20 million visitors since it’s reopening in 2005. It is the 9th most visited museum in the world. We were so thoroughly impressed, we wished we would have visited sooner. National Museum of Korea …
One day, probably about a month after we arrived in Korea (yes, this is another late Korea post), Kyle and I were walking along the street before the 4-9 market (and the one the grocery store is on) and came across a little bakery called Cake Country. We had probably seen it before but just …
Soju wasn’t the only Korean alcohol. We also tried a few beers and wines. All of these were purchased from the grocery store or 7/11. Some drinks delicious, others were a little hard to get down. Typically, alcohol is a special occasion purchase for us but we wanted to try some of the things that …
During our visit with my friend Duncan in Hongdae, we had already finished our second trip to a cat cafe. We had decided that we wanted to go get some food, and we had run across a place called Makgeolli Station that we wanted to try. Our main reason was that we could get unlimited …