Survive & Thrive in Korea
The Seoul Museum of Art is located near City Hall in downtown Seoul. Currently the big news at the museum is the huge Van Gogh exhibition that opened this past Saturday. It’s the first Van Gogh exhibition for Seoul and it brought hundreds and hundreds of eager people out to the museum. The exhibition has […]
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My friends and I ventured to the Seoul Cartoon Museum and Animation Center a few weeks ago. You can reach the Animation Center by taking Line 4 to Myeong-dong station and leave by exit 1. From there follow the signs up the curving hill and you will see the building shortly. We came a week […]
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Much to my surprise the Museum Wedding Hall was also on the grounds of the War Memorial. Some of the many wedding gowns on display. One of the wedding halls that was being cleaned for the next service. Though the sign out front says museum there was a wedding in full swing in another of […]
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The outside of the War Memorial has just as much to offer as the inside. The outdoor exhibition area contains monuments and statues, decommissioned vehicles and aircraft, and a host of other sights primed and ready for your picture taking pleasure. Here are a couple shots of the Clock Tower of Peace. Here is […]
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This past weekend I ventured to the The War Memorial of Korea also known as The Sanctuary of National Defense. I have to admit that I expected a brief run through of some nice busts and a wall of names commemorating the fallen in battle and that’s about it. I had often passed the site […]
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The Coex Aquarium is located in the Coex Mall in the Gangam area of Seoul. The aquarium is a huge complex with several regional displays including The Seven Seas, Marine Touch, Ocean Kingdom, and The Deep Blue Sea. The aquarium and Coex Mall can be reached on Subway line 2 at Samsung Station. The admission […]
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