Seoul Weekend Continued...

So, after the 4th, we woke up, ate our donuts, and figured out how we were going to get to Insadong.  I talked to the travel service in the hotel lobby and asked about taking the subway.  The guy showed me where to get on and off, then asked if we'd ever taken the Seoul subway before.  When I said no he looked at me like we were all kinds of crazy for wanting to just hop on with our 3 kids.  I admit I was a little nervous for us, too, but it all turned out fine, and was actually pretty convenient.  Involved a lot more walking than taxi or driving, but it was cheap and direct.  As I'm sure I'll say a bunch more in my next post about the Seoul Tower... this city is HUGE. 
Here is the Subway map.  There's like 500 lines.  Well, okay, maybe not 500, but a lot.  And a lot of stops.  And thankfully, maps posted in English at the stops and on the train.  Also, also thankfully, usually someone around who speaks some English, like the employee who helped us get our T-Money cards to ride.  I'm glad we finally got this all figured out... only took a year to try it but now I feel like we can go so many more places in Seoul!

I just loved this sign above.  Instead of some generic figure warning you about getting your bags stuck in the doors, there's this cute little lady and her curled hair and red lipstick, and her fancy schmancy shirt with sparkles and purse with a heart.  Koreans are so fashion forward - even their signs!!  I also like just imagining what the text says, since I have no idea what it actually says.  :)




The kids at "Insadong", a street in Seoul with lots of "artsy" stuff.  Art shops, stationary shops, coffee shops, and much more, I'm sure.  We walked up and down the street and then the kids were ready to go.  Well, they were ready to go as soon as we got there, but they put up with us at least walking up and down the street.  Someday, I will return sans children, and actually go into one of the little shops... A girl can dream...



Here these guys were giving a demonstration of how they make a traditional Korean "sweet" (and then selling us a box of them, of course!).  It was basically honey stretched into really thin threads (in corn starch, that's the white stuff) and then wrapped around different kinds of crushed nuts.  It was good, but ironically not really that sweet.
Alrighty, stay tuned for the next installment of our Seoul adventure.  We finally got out of Osan - I'm going to milk this for as many blog posts as possible!!