Sunday Equals Funday

Sunday was a lot of fun!! These two guys Rebekah and I met had offered to take us to some more traditional places in Seoul so that's what we did for a grand total of 7 hours. I think Rebekah and I are starting to get better at the trying bus system here. And I must not forget that the next time I travel I need to put money on my card...

Our first stop was a traditional village (북촌한옥마을). I love buildings, especially ones that are built way back when. I think I mentioned that previously, so I'll just go ahead and get to the pictures.

Actually, on the street there was an old woman making sugar disks with little prints on them and one of the guys bought some for us and... Considering it was pure sugar, it wasn't all that good. It tasted like toasted marshmallows. I ate the whole thing though because that's the polite way when someone buys you something. Of course, a little bit actually fell on the ground (not my fault, but I'm not complaining).

There's like a little rest house where I happily enjoyed some apple juice like a kid while the others had tea and coffee like adults. It was good, though.

This place is very hilly, much to my chagrin.

I mean, me too.

Once you get to the top of the hills though, it's pretty amazing.

I seriously cannot take photos.

My love, my everything. Actually, I was gettin' down to the music playing at the churro stall (John Newmann is amazing alright?) and the guy behind the counter started talking to us and he was super friendly with good English. We actually saw him later too when we were leaving to go to our next destination.

We had pizza and pasta for dinner, but...when comparing it to the Chicago Pizza place Rebekah and I ate at before, it was crap. Floppy weak bland crust, lack of seasoning, too expensive. So we won't be going there anymore. 

We walked around the town, I forgot the name, after leaving the traditional area (this is when we got dinner). We also went into a little train museum!

AYOOOOO!!! MILWAUKEEEEEEEE

I'm still dying over this.

So that was our first place to visit! Next, we went to Gyeongbok Palace (경복궁) where there's a separate ticket line for foreigners and you either need a passport or your international student ID card. Thankfully, I had my ID. Actually Rebekah had her passport, but ID is so much easier. I think the tickets were fairly cheap, 3,000W for a really beautiful nighttime experience. It was well worth going. If you ever make it to Korea, visit some palaces during the night as well as the day, it's so beautiful.

this dude lol

we flawless

According to our friend, the king would get drunk here and I don't blame him, I would too.

A for effort because it was dark and shadows and we struggled.

And then was the very tiring way back to the dorms. But other than that, what a nice day! Those two guys were great at being a tour guide though. Very funny those two. 

We hope to explore Korea together more often!