My girlfriend and I got off a mid-afternoon train at Jegi-dong Station along with about 40 other people. From a quick scan down the platform, it looked as if we were the only ones under 50. This may not be especially surprising, given that Line 1 runs through older parts of town popular with an…
I visited Deungchon the day after Seoul’s first snowfall, and despite the cold temperatures the day was brilliant. Even as my breath fogged up my glasses for fleeting half-seconds, the sun was glinting off the ice and snow, melting what was on roofs and causing water to drip off eaves onto the sidewalk below. This…
The neighborhood map at Ujangsan Station says that Ujangsan Park (우장산공원) is accessible via Exit 1, but this is deceptive. I went out that way, past old women selling green onions and chestnuts on the sidewalk, and followed the road as it ran past apartment complexes. It wasn’t going anywhere, or more specifically it was…
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…
The further east you go along the Cheonggye Stream (청계천) the more the engineering of its western end gets stripped away and the more you’re able to step into its past. The process culminates in the Cheong Gye Cheon Museum (청계천문화관) and Cheonggye Stream Shack (청계천 판잣집), close to where the stream begins its southerly…
Seoul Sub→urban 