It is more than appropriate to start with food pictures in order to understand our life in Seoul. Kimchi Sundubu... beautiful thing.

Samge tang (chicken with garlic, jinsen, sticky rice, etc) *apologies for unauthentic spelling*

Red chili peppers selling in a small market

Cheong Gye Cheon (an artificial stream that was recently restored in the middle of Seoul.)

Korean traditional street performance in the Folk village. It certainly reminds you of the recent movie "Wang e Namja(King's Men)"

Supposedly a "farmer's house", but the dolls inside wear beautiful Hanbok.

A pharmacy in the Folk village.

Newly built national museum. It seems that it became a political issue in the parliament when they found that not many foreigners were visiting there. There were actually many people there (not sure if foreign or Korean) when we visited there. It is very well made.

Pictures from the Hanbando bar. Read more story at Muninn.net.

Declaration of Independence hung in the Independence Gate station.

Seodaemun Prison Museum, which emphasizes the contrast between peaceful Koreans and evil/violent Japanese during the colonial period.

Inside the Seodaemun Prison Museum. It is interesting to see the difference in narratives on the practice of torture in the Choson period in this museum and that of the Police Museum nearby.

Michi's favoriate Omija tea

Our favorite rice porridge

Seoul History Museum. This is also recently built.

Guess the story in this advertisement

Christian Museum

Christian propagandist on the street

The Freedom Bridge close to the DMZ

A road leading to the DMZ

Trying to see North Korean people

Tok-su-gung near City Hall

We went to the Independence Hall with Jaehwan. The museums there were very interesting.

Traditional houses in the neighborhood of Chang Dok-gung

Yong-sama fever is still alive

An advertisement for "Stop Smoking"

Police Museum next to Seoul History Museum. There are many cute and fun attractions as well as information of the police history in Korea

We found the NaksongDae place on the last day of our stay on the way home from school.