At first glance, Yangjae might not seem like an obvious choice for getting out and experiencing the beautiful weather that May brings to Seoul. And it’s true: the neighborhood immediately around the station would never be mistaken for the city’s most charismatic, its wide avenues and utilitarian office towers not leaving room for much charm. …
To give you an accurate idea of what there is to see and do around Gubanpo Station, suffice to say that I knocked this post out on my lunch break. Rather odd in that all three of its exits come out on the same side of the six-lane Sinbanpo-ro (신반포로), the station dropped us off…
Expectations for Jamwon were pretty low. A pre-trip look at the map didn’t show anything of distinction except the local section of the Hangang Park. A Google search turned up precisely nothing. And you know those signs they have in the subway stations, the ones with a neighborhood map that list what’s outside each exit? …
Unfortunately, Angelique and I had to drag around some dead weight this past trip, as my visiting siblings, Joe and Maggie, insisted on tagging along. (See guys, I promised I’d mention you! ㅋㅋㅋ) Actually, the real misfortune was that they were joining us at one of the duller areas we’ve visited in a while, no…
We went to Sinsa at the invite of Steve Revere, editor of 10 Magazine, who was kind enough to take interest in our project and will be featuring Seoul sub→urban in 10’s upcoming Blog of the Month feature. To begin the stop we met up with Steve at 10’s office in Nonhyeon-dong: a red brick…
Seoul Sub→urban 