A weekend hike up Namsan
Riding the Ttareungi share bikes around, I end up in all sorts of corners of Seoul. This day I went up Namsan. on the way up the old fortress wall on Namsan a trail on Namsan the view Namsan the Namsan al…
Riding the Ttareungi share bikes around, I end up in all sorts of corners of Seoul. This day I went up Namsan. on the way up the old fortress wall on Namsan a trail on Namsan the view Namsan the Namsan al…
Sogong Sundae is a sundaeguk place right in front of Woojung Yanggopchang. The place Well… it didn’t really look like business was booming. Sundae Just ordinary. The combo Decent enough to eat. …
Woojung Yanggopchang is famous enough that it hardly needs an introduction from me. It has been on blogs and Instagram, and on TV and YouTube as well. The problem is that reservations are hard to get and the q…
Pyeongyang naengmyeon places have been popping up all over the place lately. It is odd watching a minor dish go mainstream.. anyway, if it tastes good there is nothing wrong with that. Beer They had craft bee…
Haap used to run a cafe, and it looks like they have since moved. The location keeps changing, so you need to check before you go. A place like this.. Not the easiest place to find.. Basement The tteok Insi…
Yeongdong Market has Yeppinejip, a place famous for its someori gukbap, beef-head gukbap. As a gukbap addict I had no choice but to stop by… kimchi suyuk, boiled beef gukbap The taste wasn’t bad…
American is closed on weekends so I never had a chance to go, but I happened to be around the area and picked some up. The shop Even on a weekday the line is long. Eating in still takes a while, but takeout m…
Putting up some photos I took while wandering around here and there. A night in Jamwon-dong There’s a place like this here.. Han River scenery Thanks to Ttareungi I’ve been heading out to the Han…
Day two and day three at the Madarao ski resort. a view like this The first day it snowed and stayed overcast, but from the second day on the weather was clear. Thanks to that a lot of the snow melted. And si…
There are so many Westerners around here that the ski area is full of bars and western restaurants. Out of those we went to Rudolf. the entrance Something about it feels a bit grotesque.. apple juice french …
I made it to Madarao. The snow festival was on. A giant apple… The station for Madarao (Iiyama) Nice and tidy. The share of foreign visitors was much higher than I expected. From here we took a car to …
In early 2020 I went to Madarao. I had no idea what kind of place it was before going, so I looked it up: it’s in Nagano Prefecture, the ski resort is the main attraction, and apparently a lot of skiers …