After 2 weeks in California and 2 weeks in the Philippines Steve and I were very excited to hear that we had another week off for "Spring Break" (Huh? Last time we checked it was still the middle of winter...). Nonetheless we decided to use these days off to explore Korea. Our first choice was Gyeongju (foreigners can get a free bus to Gyeongju, Jeonju, and Busan in 2011 by using
this service) but we realized Seoul would be an easier trip since we already know our way around for the most part. We also knew many things we wanted to do in Seoul but have never gotten the chance to do. We saw the changing of the guard at
Deoksugung (a palace near City Hall), went to the
National Museum of Korea (the 6th largest museum in the world), and saw
Seoul Tower where we followed a tradition of locking a padlock on a fence to forever mark our footprint in Korea.
Deoksu Palace
Fence of padlocks
Namdaemun Market
"Queen 21" hotel in Sinchon
Waterfall near the National Museum of Korea
Bosingak Bell
Front of the National Museum of Korea
Seoul Tower during the day
Seoul Tower at night
Namdaemun Market
"Queen 21" hotel in Sinchon
What's the best time to visit Seoul?
ReplyDeleteAllen Sawyer, Florida
The best time to visit Seoul, in my opinion, is Fall (mid September-early November). It is freezing cold in the winter and very humid and rainy during summer. Spring is gorgeous with all of the blooming flowers but there is a thing called yellow dust that comes from China and wreaks havoc on your sinuses!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!