It was nice to be back in Seoul. I had seen most of it last time

Quick flight from Japan, in a plane way big for such a 2H flight :)

Shopping streets are lively:

Gyeongbokgung Palace is always impressive:

Some random picts, they are geotagged:

Nice cultural villages:

making friends :)

Seoul still has the longest city wall in the world:

Next door was Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) with the DDP Digital Art Museum (clickme):

Great to meet my former coworker Adam Lazur who nicely came to have dinner with me

The next morning, went to check out another museum I hadn't seen yet:

Then went to Lotte tower and park:

cool park, didn't have time for it

It had a folk museum inside:

Next was the Aquarium (clickme):

Skybridge and buildings around were cool:

The last half day, I went to check out Namsangol Hanok Village:

part of the very long wall around the city

And finished with the Myeongdong Shopping Street area, and a few cat cafés (clickme):

Markets:

Nice buildings and sandcastles:

Next morning, started early:

and went to Haedong Younggungsa Temple:

very nice area

Next, went to check the Busam Museum and the UN Memorial Cemetery:

Next Huinnyeoul Cultural Village:

found another cat

this one was closed

After that, |Sindonga Fish Market:

what are these, again?

oh no, cuttlefish, please don't eat those, so sad :(

more :(

yum

My plan for the cable car was good on paper, but with the heavy rain, not as much:

Un Petit Prince Expo:

Cool bridge:

Gamcheon Culture Village was nice, but the rain made it hard:

more petit prince

not great weather, though

Then, went to check out Texas Street by the train station:

nice fast train to Seoul every 10 to 20mn

I love puffers

Nice octopus:

Very cool robot fish:

yes, it is a bit scary :)

The elevator ride, was fun:

Nice view from the top:

this was a bit scary :)

Getting ready to go out:

perfect timing

And more nice views afterwards:

So yes, it was definitely well worth it and challenging of you have agrophobia ;)

That said, this is what I found nearby (and that was stil 30 to 40mn drive, ICN airport is really out of the way):

let's start with a great find I made, 'with orange pieces', haha

Found a nice museum on writings around the ages:

Nice buildings in the area:

Then went for a nearby chinatown and portion of the town with cute decors:

yum :)

Then, went to a waterfront: