jun picked us up in his car at 4p.m. and we drove around the city. seoul is really huge and the streets are wide and busy.
he drove us around namsan hill but we did not stop unfortunately. how i would love to stop just to take a photo of the city from above, but time did not permit it.
we reached sam-cheong dong area which is a hilly area in seoul. there are so many little shops in the area that it makes walking so interesting. albeit in the cold. oh, by the way the weather outside is -5.5 C. when the wind blows....brr......
i think we walked to an area called bukchon hanok village where traditional style houses still stand.
i love their roofs.
quite a number of tourists come here to take photos. it is so quiant and lovely.
that is the namsan tower (north seoul tower) on the hill there yonder.
a quiant little cafe in sam-cheong dong. i was so afraid of knocking into the wall accidentally that i hugged myself as i walked in. the coffee? just so-so.
there are some stalls by the street here, but not that many. the small boutiques, cafes and restaurants are the main attractions here.
that is the bugaksan hill which stands behind the presidential residence. well, no picture of the presidential residence yet. tomorrow, that is where i am going.then we drove somemore to a crowded area called daehangno which is like their theatre district. it was super crowded there but unfortunately, we could not get a space for the car. ;(
we were stuck in the congestion in the streets that weave through the area for 30 mins. but i had fun ppl watching from the car and looking at all the lights that come out from the restaurants which were all fully packed as well.
don't they go to church since it is x-mas eve?
we decided to head somewhere else for dinner. it is at a market place where they only serve jakbol, a korean pig feet dish. even celebrities come to eat at this dingy place. it is also known as jakbol town.
the side dishes- garlic, chilli, kimchi, salt, fresh chinese cabbage, etc.
plum wine.
oh i hate this rotating heater. it was really hot....i made them switch it off.
vermicelli stuffed in pork intestine (sundae in korean) and pork liver.the stuffed vermicelli is not that bad....although there is still the intestine smell.
hot soup that tasted like mint soup but it is not. it is not spicy....and it is good. dipping the stuffed intestine in the soup makes it more tolerable.
everything we had for dinner tonight.
part of the restaurant.
pig's feet. it is quite bland but you dip it in chilli sauce. lots and lots of collagen hahah.
found outside on the alley of the market, fermented anchovies.
the alley way into the restaurants.
fermented fish or something like that.
another christmas present from kien!! gosh, and i din even get her a thing. will buy her the mcdonalds breakfast she wants to eat tomorrow lah.we will be on our own tomorrow because jun has to celebrate christmas with his family. so we will go to all the palaces.
and now i better go through the subway map and mark my course so i can cover as much as i can.
merry christmas to you all and may your christmas be filled with joy and love and peace.
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