On our last day in Korea, Amanda and I headed out of Busan to Geumgang Park, up yet another cable car. If you want the audiovisual version of the story, just watch. Otherwise, scroll down and read on: We knew finding Seokbulsa temple would be difficult because the guidebook said so, and it was correct. We hiked in the wrong direction for 40 minutes and had to turn around and hike nearly all the way back to the cablecar. In…
After our Bukhansan adventure, we needed serious rest, so rest is what we did. All day, in fact. It was our laziest day in a month, and it felt well deserved. We gorged on bibimbap, blogged, watched Netflix, slept. We were so tired and sore from the hike, that it was needed. When you’re on the go all the time, it’s good to take a break here and there. We had one more day in Seoul and had a few…
We did something really special on Monday, as Amanda alluded to in her Seoul post. We decided to see what trouble we could get into just outside of Seoul, so we packed our day-packs and hopped on the bus bound for Bukhansan National Park. Supposedly Bukhansan is filled with tons of great hikes that probably don’t get enough attention. That said, we wanted to check out the very popular Baegundae Peak, the highest point in South Korea. It turns out we couldn’t have picked…
We arrived in Seoul on Thursday. We were picked up from the subway by our Airbnb host and have settled into our place well. We quickly fell in love with our neighborhood, Hongdae, which is the university district of Seoul. Our first meal out was Korean BBQ, of course. We were wandering the streets of Hongdae and turned down an alley, where we saw a line, so we immediately got in it, not knowing what the food would be like….