My last day in Korea was reserved for my first trip outside Seoul. I read that Daejeon has a good science museum, so I took the bullet-train to Daejeon. This city is also known as a science city and there are many laboratories and research centers situated there.
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I like science museums, but sometimes I would like to know what the writers of tour guides are thinking. The National Science Museum, for example, is in Korean language only.
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I went to the Cheonggyecheon stream in the evening. In recent years there were huge investments to uncover the stream – although they have to pump lots of water to make it look more impressive. Parts of the Luce Vista were at the Cheonggyecheon stream as well.
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After visiting Changgyeongung and Jongmyo, I quickly ran to the Changdeok Palace, because it could only be visited with a guided tour. I barely made it to the 14:30 English tour.
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I still don’t know how to pronounce this word, but Ssamziegil is definitely the best place in Insadong. It’s a culture centre with lots of art, craft and other stores.
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It can be quite frustrating if you look for a particular restaurant in Seoul and some of them are quite well hidden. While this was also true for the Di Mi Bang, it was no problem finding this place since there was a sign.).
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Besides being an interesting place, the Namsangol Hanok Village has another advantage over other sights in Seoul: It is open until 8 pm (10 pm from March to October). And it’s free, so there’s no reason not to visit this place.
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I wanted to visit an unusual place today and I did: After leaving Deoksugung Palace, I went to the Seodaemun Prison (admission: 1500 Won). This prison was used until 1987 and is now a museum.
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One of the palaces that is quite conveniently placed is the Deoksugung Palace. It’s near City Hall station in central Seoul. While I came because of the Royal Guard change, there was a sign saying that there is no such thing until the 2nd of January.
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If there’s one place in Seoul that comes close to Tokyo’s Akihabara, it’s Yongsan. After I had discovered that they didn’t have MiniDV tapes in convenience stores, I planned a trip to the Yongsan electronics market.
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When I left the N Seoul tower, the area in front of the tower was already prepared for the cheer squad consisting of Korean young men and women. It was a very unexpected sight for me.
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