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Day 9: traditional folk village
We had another late start today, all this walking is tiring! All we really had on the agenda was to visit a traditional folk village. We booked a tour package that picked us up at our hotel and drove us about an hour out of town. Once at the village we had about 2 hours to tour the grounds and watch some performances. It kind of reminded me the renaissance festival back home, but obviously from a different era of time! There were food vendors, replicas of old farm houses and traditional dance shows. It was neat to see.
That took up a huge chuck of the day, so by the time we were back in the hotel, it was time to head out for dinner. We never really explored our original neighborhood, hongdae, so we decided to get on the subway and do that. For being in a university area, it took us forever to find a restaurant with some English. I had to stop at a food vendor just to have a snack (hard boiled egg in a sweet bread, good!). Finally found a restaurant and they had the egg drop soup that we had in the bar in Gangnum! That was soooooo good, I was getting it again for sure. Although we still haven't figured out the portion sizes...again, we ordered 2 dinners when we just needed one! We wandered a bit more after dinner. I am just amazed at how nothing closes and people must not sleep here!
Day 10: we leave :(
There isn't much to share about this day. We got up early, checked out, caught the cab to the airport railroad and started the long trek home!
Thanks to all that followed along through my travels in Seoul! The people there are wonderful and I recommend everyone buy themselves a plane ticket and go!
