Insadong

 

Last Saturday we went to Insadong with our Korean instructors. Insadong is pretty much the center of Seoul and they want to keep tradition, so most shops sell traditional things and all shop names are in Korean (as you can see from the first picture of Starbucks). It was interesting to see all the traditional things sold, except for the fact that many of the things you can buy anywhere in Korea. After walking down the traditional street in the rain, we went to dinner. Our instructor wanted us to try a traditional, and boy was it traditional! There was tons of food that included whole fish, eyes and all. Of course, Jeremy and I didn't eat that or much of anything really. But the experience was fun. From there we headed to the King's Palace. It was the evening time so we didn't have much light left, but it was still pretty to see it in the dark. The palace is still as much the same now as it was when it was being used as the royal family's residence -up until the last century I think. The palace is huge so we didn't get to see it all. And the fact it was dark didn't help either. :) It was still a fun trip!