Insa-dong Seoul

Entry containing 2 photos titled: Gyeongbokgung Palace, Insadong

Seoul. Monday, 15 October 2012.
Today I will go to Gyeongbokgung Palace, Cheongwadae (The Blue House) and Topgol Park. I change my itinerary, because I will meet my Korean friend whose met in Gyeongju / Kyongju. You can read my first schedule here.
I take SMRT and go to Gyeongbokgung Station. There's free tour if you want to …

We took a bullet train from Busan to Seoul . I finally got to the hotel. This was the most fancy hotel we were staying at it was called grand Hilton . We were looking for Ethan at the hotel we found him on the road waiting for us , After that went to his room at the hotel and played for a little bite. The next day we went on a long bus ride to go …

For Asia, Korea is about as developed as it comes. The country has excellent infrastructure and is well connected – internet access is everywhere and cell phones only work on 3G networks. Most impressive is the absolutely amazing subway network which connects Greater Seoul. Think Montreal's Metro or Vancouver’s SkyTrain is any good? You …

Hailed to be the city's centre of arts and culture since the Joseon Dynasty, Insadong is a nucleus of cultural traditions, a craft mecca, flea market, gallery district, and more. We surface from the subterranean world of the metro like scuba divers coming up for air. Playing it true to tourists everywhere, we do the ritual stop in the middle of the …

Today I slept in again! A friend at the guesthouse left this morning, so having nobody to chat with, I started my day pretty quickly. While in Thailand, I decided that I would ship my summer clothes from Seoul back home to make room in my suitcase for my souvenirs, since it wont be summer in Canada for another 3.5 months. I managed to locate the …

I've always wanted to meet a friend in an international city and now I can finally say that I've done it! My cousin Allison emailed me a couple of months ago to let me know she would be in my part of the world for work and would I be around for a visit? Absolutely! Allison has a very good record of meeting cousins while they are living in foreign …

... .net/korean-drama/youre-beautiful-episode-9/126711   __________________ Wooooowwww! I was just gazing at some shopwindows in Insa-dong this afternoon when something unbelievable caught my eyes. A real Korean TV-drama star was sitting ...

... fit you if you are really patient and love shopping.   We live in an area called Insa-dong, which is considered as the traditional downtown of Seoul. Insadong is filled with restaurants, art galleries, traditional Korean shops and souvenir shops. You ...

... /1193548_3332.html more info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheonggyecheon So... After walking down the river, we went to Insa-dong, an area where motor traffic is prohibited. A place with cobblestone streets, houses from the old days (clay ...

... Karina and Aalia enjoyed showing me around and seeing everything with “new” eyes again. They took me first to Insa-dong, the main touristy place. There are great Korean souvenirs in all the shops and street food galore. People are ...

... place was built around 1418. It became a  park with a zoo and a botanical garden during the Japanese colonial rule.   Insa dong area of the city, there were lots of stalls and markets here. There were people putting on cookery displays, lots ...

... in the air were several chicken wire spidermen.  It's just amazing to me that I can come across a chicken wire spiderman in Seoul, Korea and think about my pet guinnea pig or the empty lot where the kids in my neighborhood played baseball when I was ...

... so I went to a Japanese place again. I tried a kimchi tuna rice ball. Not as good as it looked. I then walked over to Insa Dong. A famous street for buying Korean souvenirs. At the end of the street I sat down for a little rest and next thing I ...

... walking south, towards the Cheonggye Stream in the centre of town. This route took us through the crafty and traditional tourist-trap of Insa-dong, where we did stumble upon a few good things like an antique toy shop and some "royal court" almont sweets. ...

... tryst (and, I guess, to enjoy the fresh air, too), but I was tired and ended up reading Virginia Woolf instead. Off to Insa-dong today (pronounced EEN-sah-dong...o as in home) with my mom and uncle. taking a look at the antiques and tea houses ...

So I basically took Saturday off to recover and get more sleep. Today I went back to Insa-dong, where all the antique places are. There was this really cool traditional dance going on down there, and I stayed and watched that for a little while. I ...