While walking around Jongno-5-ga a friend remarked on how different Line 1 is from other lines linked to theSeoulmetro system – its rails and stations are noticeably older and more worn than its higher numbered lines’ counterparts. But, as he pointed out, it’s not just inside the stations that you see this. If someone were…
It begins the moment you step off the subway. There, on the platform, a man calls out to passengers, hawking the belts laid out in compartmentalized boxes at his feet. Before you exit the station you’ll pass more people doing the same – with bags, with clothes, with battery-operated toys that flash and clatter –…
Apologies for the long absence from posts; once again there were a number of things that kept us from getting out on the weekends, but hopefully we’re ready to get back to posting on a regular basis. In other, much better news, we’re happy to say that our good friend Angelique Kuyper will be joining…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Jongno, and we planned our first visit to Seoul’s downtown accordingly. With the recent weekend being Buddha’s Birthday (석가탄신일), the Sunday night prior was the annual Lotus Lantern Parade down Jong-ro (종로) from Dongdaemun to Jogyesa Temple, and so we headed to Jonggak Station to scope…
Seoul Sub→urban 