Seoul Sister

First off, let me say that this has nothing to do with the tragi-comic demise of the famous PopSeoul blog. RIP in Peace.

The title refers to my very first visit to Seoul on Friday 25th. It was…underwhelmed. I had a great day but all that I saw of Seoul was through the train window. We went to the National Museum of Korea and if there was anything else nearby, I didn’t see it. But that’s enough moaning for now – have some pictures:

 <- My first view of Seoul as I exited the station…meh.

 <- Playing happy families before we went in the museum, but we all felt sick from too much ice-cream! It’s me, Sohee, Geonmo and the aunt Woo Yeon – we call her Imo, which means aunt.

 <- Geonmo forming a plan of attack

 <- I skipped through the tools and pottery crap to get to the swords, yeah! These babies are daggers from the Old Joseon period.

 <-Iron swords from the Baekje Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period.

<- Geonmo and I….and a United Shilla Kingdom warrior

The museum was FANTASTIC but…because Koreans are slow at doing everything, I only got to see the ground floor! Argh! They said we’ll go back another day, which is great, but NOT TIME EFFICIENT.

I think Mrs. Sung felt really guilty about it though because she bought me a huge sashimi platter and a can of beer. For some reason they think I’m a beer  drinker…probably because I told them I am. In my defence, it was the only alcohol on offer and I was hoping it would lead to a nice glass of wine. It didn’t.

Anyway, if the weather dries up I’ll be taken to Insadong, the cultural heart of Seoul, so pray for sun!

love,

Siobhán xxx