Seoul Overview

I did A LOT in Seoul. And I mean a lot. I was there for all of Sunday and most of Monday and even on Wednesday my feet still hurt from muscles I pulled in both of them with all the walking I did. According to my phone I walked over 50km. I think it’s wrong, then I move my foot the wrong way…and I’m not sure. Anyway, I didn’t want to do one MASSIVE post, so see below for the compartmentalized posts:

The 5 Palaces

Seoul Museum of History

Seoul Museum of Art: Tim Burton

North Seoul Tower

Jongmyo Shrine and Bongeunsa

Traditional Buildings

The Inbetweens of tourist attractions and the smaller attractions

I can’t wait to go back and see the things I didn’t get to and go back to the things I loved during a different time of the year or a different time of day. Maybe I won’t near lose a finger or toe to frostbite then!

N Seoul Tower

This has a thousand names: N Seoul Tower, North Seoul Tower, Namsan Tower, Seoul Tower, CJ Seoul Tower…and I have been yelled at for calling it the wrong one by other Westerners! He’s an odd one though…

Anyway, its pretty expensive to get to: 8,000 for the cable car (it was cold and dark so I was not going to walk in the park) and then 9,000 to take the elevator to the top. There is a wait at both parts as well (I’m sure at all times of the day, even to go back). First you do take a free slanted-elevator thing to get from the street to the cable car though.

I like Busan Tower better because you see mountains and the sea, while from Seoul Tower you just see mountains. But that’s just me.

Not much else to say, so have a look at the view.

Oh, right, and there was a bear to advertise the teddy bear museum.