Apologies for the delay in posting folks! This is entirely my (Liz’s) fault as I have skipped town, actually the whole country to go on what is already proving to be an epic, albeit rainy trip around the world. I have been a little wrapped up in traveling and getting my accompanying new solo blog…
In the little spur of Seoul that pokes up in its far northwestern corner, Gupabal is barely in the city. If you zoom in on the station on Google Maps, what you’ll see is an area with two clumps of apartment buildings and a lot of empty white space. Those apartment buildings feel less like…
I left Yeokchon Station from Exit 1, and one of the first things I passed was a café called Santa House, which, yes, had a small gift shop below the café selling all sorts of Santa figurines and Christmas knickknacks. Instead of Santa himself or even a reindeer, though, the business’ logo had a black…
One of the first things you’ll probably notice when you exit Bulgwang Station is that the air is just a little bit more breathable here than in other parts of Seoul, and being so close to the edge of the city and to the mountains that makes sense. The most dominating feature of the neighborhood…
This was a stop about which I was finding it difficult to say much, especially in light of the fact that I visited it immediately after Saejeol, and the neighborhoods around both are, for all intents and purposes, virtually identical. The Bulgwang Stream (불광천), Exit 1 or 2, flows alongside the main street here as…
Seoul Sub→urban 