colourful Seoul

It is time to leave Korea and I wanted to leave you with colourful bits I noticed around the city. It was interesting to experience the differences between Hong Kong and Korea and I felt it through the people in the city and through our families most of all. I think I have a little better understanding of where Jin came from but he often tells me that the Seoul he grew up in is very different than the fast paced city it is today.

10 days barely scratched the surface of things to discover in Korea. Luckily, I am fairly confident I will come back here soon. I feel like a trip to Hong Kong will always be paired with Seoul in our future!

small gardens

Even with limited space in the city, people seem to make an effort to have a small garden for themselves in Seoul. I loved seeing their carefully arranged gardens usually consisting of small potted plants. They make it look so good.

This has inspired me to do the same at home. I miss gardening so much.

street sweets

Jin always talked about growing up with amazing street food in Seoul so we tried as many different types of street food we could find when we were there! I am sure it was a little trip down memory lane for him.

I really liked red bean pastries, and that waffle had four scoops of ice cream sandwiched inside! We had some weird street food too, by far the weirdest was the boiled silkworms in the last photo. They were sort of sweet, but mostly weird, but I had to try it!

Finding our way

We landed in Seoul and we oriented ourselves to the new-to-us subway system. There are a lot more subway lines in Seoul than in Hong Kong! We were never quite sure how to get anywhere without staring at the map for at least 5 minutes!

But even if we got lost, there was always a lot of interesting things to eat in Seoul. In the end, eating well is all that matters to us when we travel.