Hotels in Seoul - Prices and Reviews

I reached Seoul by night and found a cheap place to stay in Itaewon district. I had just 3 or 4 days to spend here before heading to China.

The city is pretty big with 10M people (Paris-like) and quite modern.
After hosting the 88 Olympics, Seoul (pronounce "Saoul") became a truly global city and serves as a hub for business in East As...

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Learning about Korean Culture

This past week we took a series of field trips to enhance our classroom
seminars.

One of our first visits was to the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts
which is in an Arts Center complex. We saw a performance of traditional Korean
music and dance. Unfortunately, ...

This evening, even though it rained all day, I went to see the Soul of Seoul. The FC Seoul club soccer team (I feel like FC may stand for football club so that sentence is redundant). I finished writing my last entry and headed out to meet the guys. None of the girls showed any interest in the sporting event, but I was stoked. Four of us took th...

Undeterred by the previous day's failure, we once again set off on a mission to find my brothers' Holy Grail - the Stussy shop! I'd called the foreigner helpline in the morning and a very helpful lady gave us precise directions, beginning with the immortal phrase "take exit 3 of Apgujeong station and go straight." This is exactly what we did, bu...

A bunch of us teachers party in Hongdae till the subway opens, which includes noraebang. Noraebang is everywhere; it's your own private karaoke room... with tambourines! And I feel completely safe walking part of the way home by myself in the wee hours of the morning. I visit Gyeongbok Palace with some of the girls, where a guy asks to photograp...

Well, I had a WONDERFUL weekend and am still enjoying my time here (the honeymoon phase hasn't worn off yet). I survived my first week of teaching and met up with a friend from the yoga teacher training in Bali, who has lived in Seoul for 2 years. We met in a different suburb of Seoul called Insadong, which has a completely different feel than w...

To say that Seoul is large would be an understatement. In comparison to Daegu's modest two subway lines, Seoul has ten. Amongst some of these stops there is only a one letter difference in the Romanized spelling. So, as Steph and I found out the hard way - Sincheon and Sinchon are about 35 minutes apart. :) No worries - after exploring the subwa...

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Cheonggyecheon Sculpture "Spring" landmarks the newly unearthed river in downtown Seoul. The river was previously covered with a main highway through the city center due to the quick growth of the city. Recently the highway was removed and the river has brought a natural element back to the city. Walking along the river you'll notice a cooler mo...

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