While wandering about with my friend we passed Cacao Boom and out of curiosity went in. We saw they had iced chocolate and both ordered some. The iced drinking chocolate was amazing and we finished it way to quickly. The shop didn't have a ton of seating but had a fun atmosphere, there was [...]
O’sulloc Tea cafe
While catching up with a classmate from Prague she introduced me to to O'sulloc. We went to two O'sulloc's that day. The first was a shop in Insadong with about 3 levels, the second level was a sit down cafe that was rather expensive. The first level sold tea, tea bags and leaves as well [...]
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Gyeongbokgung, the palace greatly blessed by heaven" was originally founded in 1395. In 192-1598 the palace was destroyed by a fire during Imjin war, a Japanese invasion. It was reconstructed in 1867. It was again destroyed by the Japanese. Full restoration has been in progress since 1990. A friend and I took a short walk [...]
Party Adventures and Misadventures
So that last couple of weekends have been filled with parties and I've taken this weekend off to recover. The first event/party I went to was Seoultube. I went with a youtuber friend of mine. It was originally suppose to be in a park, but due to the rain it got moved to the Hidden [...]
Cheonggyecheon Stream 청계천
청계천 Cheonggyecheon Stream is about a 3.6 mile (5.8km) long stream that predates the city of Seoul, as a stream that connected the mountains to the hangang river. It was paved over during the industrial period of South Korea and in 2005 the restoration was completed. 120,000 tons of water is now being pumped through [...]
Field Trip: Children’s Grand Park
My school took me with them to Children's Grand Park in Seoul for a field trip. If you've got kids and are planning to go to South Korea this is a one stop for all the things kids love to do (and adults too). It has a botanical garden, art, a zoo, and an amusement [...]
Shillagalbi traditional restaurant
After the parade we went out for dinner. We wanted traditional food and found a restaurant really easily. We were sat with some men since there were only three of us and three of them. We had our own bbq cooking grate and our own table. We asked for what they were having and ended up [...]
Lotus Lantern Festival Parade
In Seoul there is a lot to see and do for the Lotus Lantern Festival. However if you don't want to/or can't stay downtown for the weekend you have to pick and choose. The Lotus Lantern Festival happens in early May in celebration of Buddha's Birthday. A friend and I picked the parade. The parade [...]
동대문under Twenty Four Cafe
On a rather warm Saturday all I wanted to do was sit down and have lunch someplace air conditioned. But all we could find were places that didn't seem airconditioned or street food stalls until we found the under 24 cafe. It looked to be just a building with 4 or 5 different cafes in [...]
Kakao Friends
On our last day of vacation we went to Coex mall to check out the Kakao Friends store. Like Line, Kakao has a range of characters to help users express themselves. A cat and dog couple (Neo and Frodo), A radish/rabbit (Muzi), Con the evil scientist, Apeach (a peach brought to life by Con), Jay-G, [...]