So adding South Korea was a late addition, but I'm glad I decided to come. There's a lot of history here and it's nice to see how far they've come in a relatively short amount of time. Seoul is a major international city and I'm enjoying exploring it. With all the cool palaces, historical landmarks, and interesting cuisine this should be a blast to explore. As usual, I started my time with a food tour. As open minded as I've been, I finally came upon something that I just couldn't force myself to try- live octopus. When I saw it moving on the plate- that was a hard pass for me. I was gagging watching other people eat it. They said it was sucking on their tongue...and you swallowed it, why??? I wonder how long you can feel it move inside if you don't chew it enough...well, I'm not really wondering about that. I just want to move beyond it to be quite honest. Even looking at the video to post it here is making me queasy. Enjoy!
Other photo's from around town(from the roof of my downtown hotel and riding around town.
Unfortunately, they had a cold front come through the day before I arrived—yikes! I wasn't prepared for this, but I did the best that I could. You can see how gray the sky is in all the pictures—oh well. Next stop is Gyeongju. It's about a 2-hour train ride southeast of Seoul.
