Our first Saturday, both Don and Chris took us on another “tour” lasting nine hours! It was one jam-packed day, brimming with visual and culinary delights, deeply affecting (in a positive way) both my emotional and physical well-being. We began at the Jungmyo...
After lunch, we were all well-fortified, and plunged back into the market to power shop. Before we ate, we’d bought hardly a thing, but now we were on a mission! Besides the usual tourist souvenirs I normally buy, like refrigerator magnets and chopsticks for friends...
All that shopping made us hungry, so Don took us to my first authentic Korean barbecue, right on the corner of one of the market alley intersections. We sat on short plastic stools at a small, low, round table with a big hole (recessed area) in the center. Our grill...
Namdaemun (Nom-day-moon) Market is the oldest and largest traditional market in Seoul. It dates back to 1414, and is adjacent to the main southern gate to the old city. If you want to immerse yourself in the hustle and bustle of a place both local and tourist, this is...
Three days into our adventure, Miriam’s son Don took us for a day of “downtown sightseeing.” We started out early, which landed us smack-dab at the peak of rush hour commuter traffic on the subway. Two transfers and almost a full hour on my feet, but I couldn’t have...
