I started into day 2 of the festival a bit later by watching indie artist Thomas Cook (토마스 쿡) on the Mint Breeze Stage. That stage felt awfully big for his sparse live show however, and he was accompanied only by one other Guitar player.
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The GMF is an alternative festival showing all kinds of music genres from electro to classic without featuring mainstream pop, i.e. no Girl’s Generation or 2PM there. Instead you get artists like Clazziquai, Kim Yuna, Lee Sora or Teenage Fanclub.
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I’ve just been in Seoul for a few days and there is already a huge event: the International Fireworks Festival.
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My first meet-up outside Tokyo was LanguageCast on a Friday in Seoul. This time I stayed only for two days in South Korea’s capital and arrived on a Monday. LanguageCast has two meet-ups each week which are not always mentioned at meetup.com.
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Joining a meet-up is usually not something you do as a tourist, though there are many interesting ones (especially in the U.S.). Today’s LanguageCast meet-up in Seoul was my first meet-up outside Tokyo.
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Since I did decide for an evening return flight to Japan, I had some time to spare before going to the Incheon airport. First I went to the War Museum because it was conveniently located on my way to Incheon.
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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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