"If You Don't Need a Wheelchair You Didn't Have a Good Time"
- Jan 19, 2019
- 3 min read
I didn't want to get out of bed today because I knew that it was just a matter of hours before we were leaving Seoul and I felt that I was leaving a part of myself behind too. I loved my time in South Korea and I don't know how soon I will be back but I know I will be.
Our last morning in Seoul was spent wandering the neighbourhood which has been our home for nearly two weeks and I'm really happy with our choice to stay just outside the touristy area for the length of time that we were in Seoul because we felt welcomed and part of the community (however next time I would like to have a slightly bigger room with either a table and chairs or a comfy chair/couch to sit on)
We had our last breakfast in Dongmyo at a great little store that sells the most amazing honey bread and of course I had to have my last sweet potato latte in Seoul and the breakfast was declicious though a little bittersweet to be having it (how would have thought that simple honey bread was one of our favourite things to eat in the morning and I know it would be relatively simple to make but I don't think it will be the same unless it is eaten here.
The Sunday market was in full mode and I was wishing that I was going back in time to the day when we arrived and were trying to find out hotel rather than one last look around before we left. We didn't have long to wander the market but we enjoyed soaking it in while we could.
For the last two weeks we have been walking past the Dongmyo Shrine but had never gone into it because we still had time, but this morning we realised that our time for exploring this area was over and if we didn't do it today then it wouldn't be getting done. Dongmyo Shrine was constructed to honour a Chinese military commander Guan Yu who had an important role in the downfall of the Han Dynasty, and helped with the construction of the Ming Dynasty. The shrine was built as a request from the Mings who helped the Joseon Dynasty during the Imjin war. Sadly the shrine that we had been walking past is undergoing restoration and we got nothing more than a glimpse of it, so I guess I will have to come back and see it when the restoration is complete.
Even though the train system is amazing in Seoul we decided that it required more effort than we wanted to take (especially as I had another bag in tow) so we decided to take a taxi, and funnily enough it worked out to be almost the same price we would have paid on train tickets for the four of us, so we decided to take the more stress free option and got to enjoy our last glimpses of Seoul from above ground.
Incheon airport is a great airport to be at, even if you are sad about being there because you know your holiday is over, there are great shops and cafes and open spaces were you can just sit.
There are stages were performers play (there was a pianist playing music while we were there) there is a transit hotel for those people that have long layovers and while we were having our last sweet potato latte (how am I going to survive Melbourne without them?) we met a couple from the US who had been staying in the transit hotel while waiting for their flight from Guam to the US who were regaling us with stories about their holidays and his life while stationed in South Korea while he was in the army.
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