So here are some pictures from my trip to Seoul!!! First off!! Alex and Kristen on the KTX and arriving at Yongsan Station (near downtown Seoul):
The KTX took us from Naju (southern S. Korea) to Seoul in under 3 hours. Apparently it can travel up to 200 plus km/hour, but it felt very smooth as we travelled along. Since it was during Chuseok, a really important holiday in Korea similar to thanksgiving, roads were VERY busy, so the best way to get anywhere was to take the train. Yongsan station was HUGE!! It's also attached to a big shopping complex, an imax theatre, and many many restaurants. From there we decided to walk to 'Itaewon', the "westerners" section of Seoul (which is basically the equivalent of china town in toronto but for white people). I didn't really like Itaewon; it just seemed to be all the worst of western culture, or culture period-- tourism, burger king, prostitution, seedy motels.
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