Proof of having been on the streets of Seoul: sewer cap art.
Lunch: tonkatsu & cold udonThis one loves tonkatsu: BFFs!Google Maps likes giving me bus and transit directions, but no walking or driving here. Took the bus after obtaining and loading a T-money card at a cvs.Sheep in the middle of the city!Neat water feature with map, outside Seoul Museum of History.At Seoul Museum of History: Old school work ID badges, the Korean Declaration of Independence, old school passports, and a small area on the dark days of Japanese occupation (the museum didn’t really dwell on that a lot).Palace layout from days of yore. Some one here is really into scale models.At Seoul Museum of History: No really, they’re REALLY into scale models. This is one of modern Seoul, complete with city lights. It filled up a whole room. It was awesome!Same scale model of modern Seoul: we found our hotel! This aerial view actually helped later that night to find our hotel again.Fun fact: In Seoul, when you get a berry tea t Starbucks, it actually comes with berries.We tried but failed to get into Geongbokgong Palace for the special night time entry. Right when we were sliding in for the last 7 tickets available to foreigners, this tour guide ran in front with a bunch of passports and sharked it away. Still pretty in the main gate, though.Dinner was some random bar place in Gangnam, left: accidentally ordered some thing served in shot glasses that I thought would be beer. Wouldn’t be polite not to drink it, right? Top right: leek pancakes here are the reverse ratio of leeks to other stuff than green onion pancakes. Lesson learned. Center right: my spouse ordered something meaty and spicy. Did our best to eat it. Bottom right: close up of leek pancake. Special thanks to random other restaurant patron for translated for the restaurant owner for our order.
That looks like a great modern city with some crazy sheep country type charm! I’ll bet you even have electricity! Some of us currently dont.
I hope you start building scale models of things when you get back, they look cool.