Visits to Seoul

Hopyong is about a half hour outside of Seoul. It is very easy to get into Seoul. I can walk a few blocks and catch one of many express buses that will go to various parts of Seoul, and it costs around $1.50. Once in Seoul the subway will take you anywhere for under a dollar. I've only explored a small part of the city, but ive been going there every weekend. This last weekend i met my coworker June to see some new parts of the city. It was nice to see that even someone who's lived there gets a little confused by the subway (the signs are not consistent from station to station). We went up to the top of Namsan, a peak capped by the Seoul tower (and strangely the location of the teddy bear museum). It was a great place to see the city from above, though the atmosphere was a little thick that day. Later he took me to fat grandma's pork trotter restaurant (my loose translation of the name) where we ate pork's foot and tiny shrimps. It was surprisingly edible.