Category: Tokyo Boy

The noisiest thing in the area was this stage show (there were actually a few of them, just a hundred meters apart) in front of the big shopping centers that featured what looked like amateur shows or singing contests. It seemed to be a big deal as it attracted huge crowds, and the people were…

Here’s a look at what we had to eat. I can’t remember any of the names (my guide wasn’t good for that, so I let Yuko do all the ordering, as she had a good idea of the things she wanted to eat), but there was a thing that looked like pasta in a spicy…

This is where we had dinner on the Saturday night, at the Dongdaemon market. The woman in the back to the left is preparing our food. The sidewalk is in front of where she is, and it’s comprised of a long row of women like her preparing pretty much the same food (on a huge…

Still in the Dongdaemon market area.

This is Boa, a 16 year old Korean girl who’s become a huge Japanese pop idol.

On the Saturday night we were there, we went to the Dongdaemon market, which is the biggest market in Seoul. We had some great food there (pictures tomorrow). What you see here is the Migliore shopping center, which basically acts as an indoor market. Inside are 8-9 floors of sellers selling mostly copied clothing, bags,…

One of the walls at the cafe.

Yuko writing in her travel journal at the Pascucci cafe.

Tired as hell, we stumbled upon this cafe not far from Insadong. It had 4-5 floors, and sort of a funky atmosphere, but music that was too eclectic to enjoy (going from Motley Crue to jazz standards). In fact, music is probably the thing that annoyed me the most in Seoul. In the major shopping…

With this we end the tour of Changdeok Palace. As you could see by the pics, it really was a nice place to visit, and I do recommend it (although I can’t really compare it to any of the other palaces in the city as this is the only one I visited). To visit you…