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…
In a development almost as exciting for the blog as last post’s discovery of Naksan Naengmyeon, we were joined for this excursion by John Glionna, the Los Angeles Times’ Seoul Bureau Chief, as he prepared a story on Seoul Sub→urban for the paper. (Greetings Angelenos! Send tacos!) So prior to our weekend’s jaunt through Garibong-dong…
Built to house a number of the facilities that were constructed for the 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic Park is serviced by three metro stations: Gangdong-gu Office (강동구청역) in the north, Mongchontoseong (몽촌토성역) in the west, and the station we most recently visited, Olympic Park (올림픽공원역) in the east. Besides hosting a number of Olympic facilities,…
Our first foray onto the Bundang Line brought us to Gaepo-dong Station on a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon. The Yangjae Stream runs just north of the station, so we decided to begin the tour by heading south on Samsung-ro (삼성로) into the neighborhood that the station serves. The walk south from Exit 6 was pleasant…
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…
Seoul Sub→urban 