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Day 13 - Still Seoul Searching
... became a question and answer session, prompted by Paul, as to why Jim doesn't have a girlfriend. The kids, aged 6-11, were pretty harsh, in fact completely unnecessarily harsh. "Paul Teacher cute, but Jim Teacher... not so much - Jim Teacher... dirty. Must shave face - look like hooligan".
Since then I have continued to discover Seoul and hang out with Paul, Dawn and their legion of friends ...
A giant hike around history
... seem to be more about quiet, tranquility and peace and comfortable living. In Europe, they are more about status and displays of wealth it seems. Just different approaches to life I guess, neither good or bad, just different.
I definitely had my exercise to day, but it was well worth the journey. Too bad Mom was not able to be there with me to enjoy this walk along the walls of ...
The Beautiful Soul of Beautiful Seoul
... cheap to get around. The Seoul Metro is huge and a little bit confusing buying tickets, but the T-Card just makes the process much easier as you just need stop name, direction and any transfer (usually just one) rather than trying to find your stop on the myriad of lines. Fast, Clean, Cheap and Efficient sums up all public transport in Korea. You can buy single tickets and you get a 500W deposit back after using it, but I recommend the T-Card for ease of use.
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Brave New World
... a few missing items upon arrival in Suwon. One of which being we only had 1 stick of deodorant (which was about half gone) for 2 people for 5 weeks. Always up for a shopping adventure, I foolishly volunteered to acquire some deodorant while exploring our new location. After carefully scouring the shelves of at least 5 different stores, I finally had the good sense to Google it and found several travel blogs ...
Seoul 2: Palace, tentacles, same old, same old
... in the middle of the night compared to a courtesan.
The palace is actually quite extensive, as they kept adding quarters onto the grounds. The king’s parents were given their own space outside the main complex, and when the last Joseon king ascended to the throne when he was too young to rule, they placed him in a separate 'new’ quarter until he was ready. Eventually the prince and then king took this new quarter to become the main ...
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