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| Getting on the subway in Cheonan (In hindsight, we should have taken another mode of transportation to get to Seoul. This stop-and-go subway took us upwards of two hours...) |
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| Visiting a Korean traditional village in Seoul |
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| Soldier Alison |
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| Soldier Jonathan - which one is more intimidating? |
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| Happy Korean couple :) |
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| Old-style architecture |
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| The doors are so short! |
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| Inside a room with some really well-preserved Koreans |
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| A moving chair |
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| A bed? |
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| Kitchen |
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| A traditional game, behind a fire pit/oven/stove? |
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| Jonathan trying out the top game |
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| It's all in the wrist |
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| But you have to wrap it the right way |
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| Moonroof |
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| Dinner! |
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| Not sure exactly what this is |
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| The floors were heated by fires under the houses - modern architecture uses hot water pipes |
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| A pleasant pond |
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| Nice railings. Also note the height of the floors, for the heating to fit underneath |
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| A bed |
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| Antique furniture |
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| Mountains in the distance |
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| The ornate information booth |
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| This is outside an Italian restaurant |
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| Couldn't resist the photo op! |
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| Finally after walking for a while trying to find this, we found it! |
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| On the way up the Namsan (South Mountain) cable car |
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| A tree in a wood |
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| At N Seoul Tower |
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| Christmas tree at the base of the tower (In Korea Christmas is mostly a holiday for lovers, hence the heart on top...) |
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| One view from the top |
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| Seoul |
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| Seoul in the other direction... this city is endless |
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| A paper model |
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| Yet another view of Seoul |
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| Cars |
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| There was a small post office at the top of the tower where you could mail postcards or letters |
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| Interesting heart-shaped oranges in the gift shop |
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| Night lights |
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| We took the KTX (bullet train) back to Cheonan |
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| It goes pretty fast... |
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| The engine - very quiet! |
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| Near the Cheonan/Asan station - KTX tracks over the road |
That looks like a fun trip. What kind of time is involved to have a day trip like this? Is it as easy as just hopping downtown?
ReplyDeleteWell it depends on what town you're in... For us, the KTX station is about a 5-10 minute taxi ride away, depending on traffic, then the KTX takes about 40 minutes to get to Seoul Main station, then depending on your final destination, it might take up to another 20 minutes on a subway. This time, though, we took a subway all the way to Seoul, which was about a 2.5 hour trip.
ReplyDeleteloved seeing all those pictures.
ReplyDeletethose oranges looked so different and the traditional village was interesting too.
well, so was the trip by subway and train and the mountain tower... so all of your pictures were great to see!!
thanks.
I loved your pictures. The wasy you are dressed, looks like it might be a bit chilly there. I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures! I especially liked the cars photo and the one of the two of you near the Italian Restaurant. Looks like a wonderful trip! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Ali, you looked too happy to be a soldier. ;)
All these places and things are so cool!! Love partaking in a small way in all your experiences!
ReplyDeleteI especially love trains and metros and all those railway-transportation type things..
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