Friday, September 24, 2010

Seoul, Korea - War Museum & Markets

Really cool monument in the front of the Korean War Museum.
Chase had a lot of fun checking out all the tanks.




Picture inside the museum illustrating dmz line(demilitarize line) between North and South Korea. It is crazy to think that they are at war with each other as we speak. Would not want to be any where close to that line.
Nice guns, Cole.
A market outside the Army Base where we stayed. This street had a ton of good restaurants, and had a lot of shops that were selling clothes, suits, purses, shoes, etc. A lot of people come to this area to buy suits for cheap. We hear the material is really nice, but the sewing doesn't tend to hold up. So we just looked.
Photo outside the Dragon Hill Lodge, our hotel on Yongasan Army base in Seoul. Really nice hotel and we enjoyed some American food which is always fun for us since we don't have good American restaurants in Japan. Chase apparently wasn't in the mood to smile like I wanted him too.
A market in Seoul that sold everything from clothes to food. It is amazing how many vendors exist in the markets and a lot of them are selling the same things. How to ever decide. Cole and I are not very adventurous when it comes to buying things from markets. We never trust the quality but it is fun to see. Would anyone like some dried beetles and worms to take home(pictured above).

My favorite meal on our trip. This small restaurant was packed with Koreans, so we knew it had to be good. And it was. The soup tasted like a noodle wonton soup and we ordered some of their famous dumplings that melted in your mouth. The Koreans use metal chopsticks & metal spoons versus the wooden chopsticks that the Japanese use. They are a little trickier to use, especially with noodle soup. Chase is enjoying peanut butter crackers, he wasn't really into the Korean and Chinese food.

1 comment:

DeLana said...

You can keep the worms and beetles, but I'll take some noodles and dumplings. The war monuments are cool and Chase is as cute as ever. And of course Tig and his "guns" are impressive.

xoxo
Mom