Our Seoul Adventure: Trip 1

Sunday 12.8.13

• Depart O'Hare International Airport

Monday 12.9.13

• Arrive Incheon International Airport

Tuesday 12.10.13

• 1st Meeting with Benjamin
• North Seoul Tower & Locket of Love

Wednesday 12.11.13

• Gyeongbokgung Palace
• Fire Station
• Lunch with Hine family
• Shopping @ Insadong district 
• Dinner out with Hofmann family

Thursday 12.12.13

• Meeting with Dr Kim & Lunch @ Eastern Social Welfare Society
• 2nd Meeting with Benjamin
• Coex Aquarium & Dinner with Frisius family

Friday 12.13.13

• Shopping @ Dongdaemun market
• Shopping and lunch @ Gwangjang market
• Meet up with Julie
• Shopping at  Nadaemun market
• Shopping at Myeong dong district 

Saturday 12.14.13

• DMZ tour
• Dinner in Insadong with Hine family

Sunday 12.15.13

• Shopping @ Itaewon district
• Lunch in Itaewon with Robinson family
• Attempt to find National Museum of Korea
• Shopping @ Insadong district 

Monday 12.16.13

• Dragon Hill Spa
• Hanok Traditional Korean Village

Tuesday 12.17.13

• Court appearance
• Dinner in Insadong with Frisius, Hine,  Leonard, McGuire, and Gilmore families

Wednesday 12.18.13

• Changdeokgung Palace & Secret Garden  
• Shopping in Insadong district
• Shopping at Mecenatpolis Center Hapjeong district

Thursday 12.19.13

• Depart Incheon International Airport
• Arrive O'Hare International Airport

A Random Sampling of Seoul

I ended up with some pictures that didn't make it into a specific blog post, but definitely interesting enough they deserve to be part of our overall Korea experience.  

Kimchi pots on a side ally in Insadong

Stone statue along the main shopping drag in Insadong

Ice cream cones in Insadong

Fire station near Gyeongbokgung Palace

Hitting the streets of Gangnam for pizza...no Sy spotting

Umbrella art at Mecenatpolis, Hapjeong 

ILL...INI found in one of the subway shopping meccas

Coex aquarium...oh yay got my shark on!

Pororo boots that we've since figured out light up...oh boy 

Picking up some Pororo gear for the kid and oh some beer for  the dad 

Subway station soap on a steel arm

Subway stations always crazy busy packed

Wall artwork along the Cheonggyecheon stream