We weren’t about to trek all the way out to far southeast Seoul without getting our money’s worth, so following our exploration of the area around Geoyeo Station (거여역) we went a bit further east, to the last stop on the purple line’s south spur. A few weeks ago we were surprised to find a…
A clutch of very modern steel and glass towers sits just outside Exit 2 of Doksan Station, and another structure called The Rubens (Art? Sandwiches? Is there a difference?) was in the process of being erected across the street. Just a block away, though, these mostly give way to older three and four-story office buildings,…
A good portion of Seongsam-gil (성삼길) running north from Exit 2 is lined with auto mechanics – grease and tools, garage doors open to the street. At the end of the road, fronting the T-junction with Gwangnaru-gil (광나루길), another type of reconstruction is the focus at the Korean Dental Association (치과의사회관). But with flawless teeth…
The area just north of Ahyeon Station was busy on the Saturday we visited it, buzzing with kids with a day off from school. We were walking north on Buk-Ahyeon-gil (북아현길) from Exit 1, and a good portion of those we were sharing the street with were of the plaid skirt and blazer set. I…
With no ancestral homes in Jeolla or Chungcheong-do to trek to for Seollal this past weekend, Liz and I made our very first trip to Eunpyeong-gu (은평구). Given the holiday, I half-expected it to be completely dead, and while it was quiet, there were enough stores open and people out and about that it still…
Seoul Sub→urban 