Our first stop in Seoul was the restaurant to take the lunch. I don't even know the name of what we were eating that day, but it was good.
Afterwards, we went to the prison.
This prison was built by the japanese people during the occupation of South Korea. This is, of course, a dark chapter in the history, because the japanese soldiers committed horrible tortures and abuses to the koreans, and this is not the only prison that was built. It is understandable that, nowadays, it still exists a resentment about the japanese people. But everything is over now.
Anway, the prison was closed decades ago, and it was reconverted into a museum. The entrance fee is 2500 won for students.
The prison itself is not very interesting, however, in one of the rooms you can see a video about the occupation which is actually very interesting. To finish the visit, you'll get into a big courtyard where you can see some big (quite big) south korean flags. Of course, we had a "group picture time".
After the visit, we went to see the cherry blossoms. This was actually a long route around the hills, where we could see some cherry blossoms, but less than we expected. It seems the spring hadn't come yet...
That's all folks!
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