On the way to Bali

Here you can see our hosts Philip and Mara...

...and today they took us to Bali!

We were waiting impatiently for the check in.

 Finally we made it on board of the plane!

The Soul of Asia

As you can see, some people think Seoul is the soul of Asia. We can't comment on that, because our Asian experiences are not so many.

But here you can see something special.

 

It's the Cheonggyecheon River.

The stream was covered up with concrete over a 20 year period starting in 1958.

It was brought back in a very expensive project.

Nowadays it's a quite popular place for recovery from the stressful city life.

The gardens of Gyeongdokung palace

There is so much to see at this palace. If you walk through that gateway...

...and down all those stairs...

...you get to a temple...

...and the beautiful gardens around it.

You have a nice view...

...and there are even more buildings of the palace to explore.

Changing of the guard

Here comes more about our adventures at the kings palace.

We had the chance to attend the changing of the guard!

The guards wear colourful traditional uniforms...

...and they carry colourful flags.

A lot of tourists come to watch this spectacle.

Gyeongdokung palace

Today we visited Gyeongdokung palace, an ancient kings palace.

Here we are in front of the main building.

But there are many buildings with patios in between.

Those were the private rooms of an ancient king from the Joeon dynasty.

 

Here we had a little break on a statue at the parade ground.

N Seoul Tower

Today we went onto a high tower, where we had a great view over the whole city.

It was quite impressive.

Here you can see how far we are from home!

And here is Seoul by night!

Hyewha art street

Today we visited a street of the city where young artists have a lot of space for their work.

You can find a lot of street are there.

We had a nice walk...

...and enjoyed all the funny colourful pictures.

Shopping in Seoul

Today we made a shopping trip through Seouls shops. In the supermarket you can find many shelves filled with instant noodle soup. It's almost like a "traditional" meal in Korea.

But for lunch we had some really traditional treats by some street food kitchens.

Here you can see traditional Korean clothing. It's a pitiy, there are none in our size.

Gangnam Style

Today we visited the quarter of Seoul called Gangnam. It got famous because of the song Gangnam Style. In the picture you can see us doing the dance.

We walked through the streets. Everything was colourful and noisy.

Everything was colourful and noisy.

Here we met some K Pop stars.