26.03.2014 - Namsan and Haneul Park

On wednesday 26th was the Day of the Culture in South Korea, so some shows were cheaper or even for free!

That's why we headed to the Namsan Theatre, and we were watching a performance about traditional korean dance. We didn't understand the whole meaning of the show but anyway it was amazing!

It seems we were the only foreigners of the show, so at the exit of the theatre a guy came to us asking for a short interview. We just were asking about how we feel about the show and what we think about the Day of the Culture of Korea. Something curious at least hehe.

Afterwards, we went to the Tower of Namsan, which is located in the summit of a hill. Definetely it is not a place to go entirely by foot, unless you want to do hiking.

The place is full of lockers, it seems it is kind of trendy. We also saw there who it is supposed is the mascot of Namsan ¿?. No I think it is just a famous cartoon or someting like that: Hachi!

An important discovery was done in the Tower of Namsan: the melon ice creams! Seriously guys, once you taste it, you will want to eat it every single day.

Aftwewards, we were near Haneul park to take the lunch. Thanks to Jiwon and her mother for such a good lunch!! even with a pokemon tablecloth!

We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the area and the park, and we also saw the Seoul FC stadium!

And that's all folks!

15.03.2014 - Namsan Village

On saurday 15th, we went to Seoul again (and sure not the last...). This time we went to Namsan Village. This place is a traditional korean village, but turned into a turistic place.

First of all, as you know (if you are reading this blog hehe), Seoul is around 2 hours far from Incheon, so, when we arrived to Seoul, it was actually the lunch time. Our first stop was a traditional korean restaurant.

I think the restaurant was built before the war, because it was almost in ruins. Anyway, we took a good lunch there: kimchi (impossible to skip in a typical korean lunch) and a big bowl of noodles. If you compare it with Spain, it was cheap: 5500 won (3'5 euros aproximately).

Afterwards, we went to Namsan by foot, walking around the ancient streets.

Finally, we arrived to Namsan Village. When we arrived, the first thing we could see was the big amount of buses pulled over the entrance. Very turistic place thought.

In the following picture, you will see a kind of korean game. You had some kind of arrows or small spears that you had to launch and put into the holes. Itt was very difficult. I scored 6! hehe

Now, few pictures about the village.

In this village, there is also one activity which is actually very interesting. If you pay 3500 won (2.5 euros), you can be dressed with korean clothes. And, of course, we couldn't resist to try the typical korean costumes hehe. So here is the result.

Finally, to finish this post, a group picture in Namsan!

That's all folks!