Seoul!

Our first big weekend in Seoul! We picked A up from work around 4 pm on Friday and drove up to the Dragon Hill Lodge on Yongsan Army Base in Seoul. After a few navigational errors, we arrived about half an hour later than expected and got settled for the night. While, A fed and bathed the little guy, I got a haircut (and a little gray cover up). We all had a good night's sleep.

The next morning, we explored a little around the hotel. The grounds were beautiful and that was the only time of the day that it wasn't raining. We all took a little morning nap and I cut mine short to visit the Chosun gift shop on base. What a fun shop! The American Forces Spouse's Club buys different items from all over the Pacific and sell it here to raise money. For those who have been to Guam, it's similar to that gift shop on Andersen Air Base.

The rainy weather put a little damper on our plans but we decided to try out the subway system in preparation for our next visit to Seoul. The subway stop was only a 10 minute walk but, we took the cab anyway. The subway system has signs in both Hangul and English so it wasn't hard at all to reach our destination. David was thrilled by the fact that we got to ride the train. We found the Gwanghwamun palace which you can only enter w/a tour - unfortunately we missed the English speaking group. Instead, we had a little udon noodle snack and took notes for next time. We made it back to our correct subway stop but got some wrong directions from a fellow American and ended up walking for 45 minutes trying to get back to the hotel. At least we saw the area around the base plus Seoul tower.

All in all, a good reconnaissance trip. Seoul is a big city and there's plenty to see. We head back up there on Wed to spend the night before leaving for our first off peninsula trip to KYOTO!