electronics mall
blue house North Korean cold soup
sacred garden
- stones in the ground where the emperor/prince could practice his “walk”
- got in trouble for eating a banana the tour guide was “shocked” and “speechless”
- had a pond for the emperor to fish in
- ditched the guided tour due to eddies stroller and had a great time walking back
running path along the river
- watching the fist
historic house area
- finding the artist selling the square pictures
- sock place with all the socks
  - buy 10 get 1 free
  - bought 11 and the shop owner asked if we wanted to get one free
- sunset at the tea place
Attempt to go to the DMZ
signed up for the 10 am the agent contacted us saying it was at 7 am
we were 1 hour out of Seoul at the meet-up point
they were only letting in X buses a day so they then wanted to leave at 6 am
we talked and agreed again
then the time moved up again to 5 am
we finally said it wasn’t worth it
subway Google maps didn’t work
local navigation app tells you what car and door of the subway car to get on and off for the most efficient path from the entrance and to the exit
they play a jingle right before the train arrives
protest with the upside-down American flag
- tons of riot police
- protest for US - Korean relationship
cargo planes going overhead every few minutes
- missile blowing up in the silo on the south Korean base
- missile test by North Korea
- US moving an aircraft carrier in
PCR test requirement dropped right before we got there
- wasn’t sure what would happen due to my recent recovery

Blue House

presidential KimChi barrels
tons of locals of all ages
golden outlets
ate at a cafe that had previously only been for palace employees

Hanilkwan

biggest meal ever
had it for lunch
were completely full before the last and “main” course came
the meat course which we would think of as the main was one of the first ones the main course was a soup
we were served a sweet plum tea for dessert to help with digestion