Weekend in Seoul

Finally! Itsuki managed to get off a whole weekend from her busy schedule and we decided to use this chance for a quick getaway trip to Seoul. Seoul is only about an hour away by airplane – perfect for a little weekend trip!

We stayed at Fraser Suites. They offer spacious serviced apartments (even for short stayers like us) at excellent rates. The rooms are modern and spacious (with kitchen, dining/living, separate bedroom and 2 bathrooms) and we certainly wouldn’t mind staying there again when we go visit Seoul next time.

Itsuki already knew most of the tourist spots (she’s been to Korea already a couple of times) and instead wanted to take advantage of the fantastic currency exchange rate to do some shopping. So we decided to split up in the morning and go separately.

I used the free time i got to hit some popular tourist attractions that were within walking distance starting with the little Deoksugung Palace. I was lucky on my way out to see some actors in traditional clothing posing there for us touris’ to take some snapshots. I then walked up north for the Gyeongbokgung (Royal Palace) which happened to be a lot bigger and more impressive then Deoksugung.

After spending the morning seperately the wife then joined me again for a Bibimbap lunch and then later we strolled the street markets in Myeongdong and Namdaemun. For dinner we had an excellent spicy chicken-pot-dish dinner in one of the little restaurants that was recommended by Itsuki’s travel guide. After finishing our dinner we took a taxi to the Sheraton Walker Hill Casino and tried our luck with a bit of Blackjack. My wife did quite well .. while i ended up loosing all of my gamble money ;-x

The next day was already our last one. After the exhausting Saturday (gambling till late in the night) we skipped breakfast and instead had a nice long sleep and started our day with a yummy Bulgogi (Korean grilled meat) lunch. After that we did some more shopping till it was time to go back to the airport.

2 days in Seoul made for a bit hectic travel but we both enjoyed the time tremendously! The food was absolute fantastic (i love Kimchi!) and we gave it our best to try as many dishes as we could in the short time we stayed there (even opting for Korean dinner in the airport instead of the usual complimentary airplane meal).