It seemed about time to visit the 6th most populated city in the world, so Lynn and I boarded Korea’s 300 km/h KTX train to Seoul. After some minor setbacks in finding a place to spend our first night, we ultimately found shelter in Motel Blue, and were initiated into the Korean Love Motel experience. After some much needed sleep, we awoke at 9am and began what would be our marathon 21-hour day. So much to do, so much to see, so much to look at and experience… and so many people: An overwhelming amount of English (people, speaking, signs, food) in the foreigner district, a beautiful ancient palace in the middle of the modern city providing an interesting contrast of new and old, some traditional market shopping in Insa-dong and busting a groove til 6am, then making our walk of shame home in daylight while the rest of the city began their day. After just 4 hours of sleep, we re-emerged to continue our exploration of the city and get in some serious shopping before heading back home. A great weekend of wear on my body and overload on my senses, but time and money well spent.
Gyeongbokgung Palace 
3 comments:
So .... now you are a Seoul survivor eh?
I think that's the first authentically Ben joke you've posted.
well played.
I glad to have finally hit my groove!!
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