First full day in Seoul.
We took a trip on a hop on hop off bus. It was supposed to take us to “traditional Seoul” but most of the drop off points were for some fairly uninteresting markets. We did get to see the changing of the guard at Deoksegung Palace, which was the highlight.
We also had a look around the Seoul Design Centre while trying to find the ticket office.
We eventually gave up on the bus and took a trip in a taxi to N Seoul Tower, for some views over the city.
In the evening we visited the area around Hongik University – Sylvia wanted to eat the local specialty of bbq cow stomach (accompanied by lung, raw liver and raw tripe). I enjoyed everything except for the tripe. Ben got into it too. Bronte not so much.
We rounded the evening off with a cake for Ben’s birthday. His birthday is still a week away but he will be in South Africa in a week, and he took a fancy to a particular strawberry sponge.
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