There were a lot of (well, a few) welcomed national holidays in October and that is what I blame for the lack of blogging (my apologies, Mrs. Stoskopf!). The first was Foundation Day (a Thursday) and the second was Hangul (the Korean alphabet) day on the following Wednesday. Little days off of school in the middle of busy weeks make me thankful.
Independence Hall was one of my favorite places to visit. We began in the morning and took the subway to Ssangdon (I think..) then walked to Shinsegae (a big department store) and caught a bus out to the site. It was a beautiful place. You walk in the entrance after getting off the bus and are greeted by this rather large two-pronged.. thing. Apparently it's 20 stories high, and the perspective from ground level is very skewed (it was really hard to stand at the bottom and try to look at the top). Before walking through this arch-like building, you cross a bridge with happy, yellow flowers on both sides. There is a coy pond on one side where the monster fish battle for the generosity of strangers while a fountain gracefully pours forth gallons of water. Quite the scene. Here, we met men in uniform! From both Australia and Korea. Of course we got a picture with them, and of course I can't find it. Ah, just found it - see below!
There is a building that resembles Lincoln's memorial in DC, and the Koreans claim that the statue within is, in fact, larger. Don't believe it, Lincoln is definitely bigger. Luckily, the children here like taking pictures with strange foreigners. And behind the "memorial" are six buildings.... six parts of a museum of Korean history... It was really interesting for the first three (very in depth) buildings. But by the fourth... I needed a latte. And I had my first churro! I don't remember much about buildings four through six.
After wandering around the lovely place, we went back to Shinsegae and got a BURGER. A real BURGER. It tasted SO good. So good, I went back two days later.
Sometimes you just need a good burger. Something you crave and can't stop thinking about. Something you miss. Simple things like burgers.
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