For our anniversary, Neil booked us a quick weekend trip to Seoul. He had an itinerary planned out and wanted to surprise me the night before but because we weren't sure if we could go (a seminar was scheduled for all teachers that weekend) he had to tell me early. Luckily the seminar was cancelled. Phew!
We got up early and made our way to the U-Square terminal. The bus runs every 10 minutes so we didn't have to book ahead, plus there's nothing special going on that weekend for everybody except us.
This time, we stayed in a place in Itaewon. It's a place full of foreigners indeed. It actually looks a bit sketchy to me. So many side-street stands and very busy. It's not as clean as I thought it would be, and things were super busy everywhere. One thing I disliked were the non-existent sidewalks. You need to walk on the street with the cars. It's rather scary.
After we checked in, we went out to look for some food. We came upon a very BC-themed restaurant. I even got to order a caesar! Neil had his fish and chips (which were okay). Next we set out to our next attraction: the Aquarium at Building 63.
They had penguins! It was nice, but a bit strange because rather than look like their normal habitat, there's some spongebob squarepants decorations in the tanks with some of the animals. It's been a while since I've been to the aquarium. Neil thought it was only okay. We did see some kind of underwater performance. After that we set out to our main attraction this weekend: Namsam tower via cable cars.
Another surprise from Neil included an inscribed purple lock with our names and anniversary date. I don't know how he got it, but I loved it! After the cab driver knew where we were going, he kept trying to tell us it's better to take the bus next time because it's super busy there. He was right, the line up was very very long! We waited at least 1.5 hours to take that 7-minute cable car to the top of Namsan. It was something we had to experience, but next time I'd rather walk. After walking around and taking pictures and finally putting our lock on the fence, we decided to walk down instead of taking the cable car (huge lineup again!) The walk maybe took half an hour and it was a nice night and I had awesome company. After we got down, we hailed a taxi to head back to Itaewon for dinner.
After walking around, we decided on restaurant that serves steak and a self-serve appies bar. Both Neil and I had our own steak and it was sooooooo yummy. We have not had steak in Korea much because it's super expensive so that dinner was one of the best we've had! Since neither of us are really into partying, we decided to call it a night and head back. Unfortunately because the walls are paper thin and we're situated right by the entrance, I heard people talking all night long and coming in and out. I could not sleep a wink :( I don't think we'll stay there again - I'm too much of a light sleeper.
The next day, we walked around to see if there's anything we need before heading back to Gwangju. Perhaps something we could only find in Seoul, but we didn't.
The weekend trip was short but it was absolutely wonderful! We had a really nice time doing the things we set out to do. I can't wait to go back to see even more stuff. And I can't wait to celebrate with Neil again in another year! <3
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