After touring Changdeokgung palace we explored more of Seoul. We set out walking south to the Dongdaemun market place. It turned out to be more walking than we thought, but it was fun to see all the little shops and sights and sounds along the way. Along the way we strolled down the Cheong-gye -cheon which is a stream running through the city. The weather couldn't be nicer for walking outside. We had a little trouble finding Dongdaemun because we were expecting an outdoor market like Insadong. Instead it was a huge multi floor building filled with shops. The entire ground floor was nothing but fabric shops. By this time our legs were about to fall off and we were a little overwhelmed by so many shops and so many people so we decided to catch the subway back to our hotel.
That evening we got a visit from our friend Dongkyun! He is our friend Yoonsook's nephew who spent last school year studying at OSU and practicing his English. He moved back to Korea this summer. He took us out to dinner last night for traditional Korean food. We had to remove our shoes at the front door and sat on the floor at our table. The food was amazing, I am not going to even explain what we ate. I'll just let you look at the pictures.
After dinner we strolled through Bukchon which had a lot of neat traditional houses.
What a great way to celebrate our last evening and meal before getting Sam. Thank you Dongkyun!
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