We stampeded out of Shanghai bright and early this morning for our flight to Seoul. We arrived in Korea and breezed through immigration and caught our ride into the city. We'll be staying in Insadong for the next few days. We decided to explore the neighborhood and found a wonderful tourist pedestrian street around the corner from the hotel. The kids watched a demonstration of a traditional Korean candy made out of honey and rice flour and filled with nuts. It looks like a cotton ball when it's done and it's quite tasty. Andrea decided to embark on some roasted potatoes and it was quite good. The food here is quite safe to eat unlike the questionable conditions you find in Shanghai.
Dinner time and we hopped the train and went over to Korea House for some Korean food. Korea House was once the private residence of Park Paeng-nyeon, one of the six most royal subjects during the Joeson Dynasty. It has since been converted to a tourist center that preserves and promotes the traditional Korean culture. After dinner, we took in a performance of traditional Korean folk dance. It was interesting to see the different costumes and learn about the traditional dances and listen to the traditional music. 
We decided to visit Seoul Tower since we were "kind of" in the neighborhood. Seoul Tower is located along the slope of Mount Namsan. Let's just say the kids were able to jog up and down several times while we, the adults, had to huff and puff our way up. We did make it and it was really nice to see the city at night. I found out later on, that you could avoid the 45 degree descent and take a cable car up the mountain. Oh well. We walked down the mountain and decided to hop a local bus to the nearest landmark to take a cab back to the hotel. To our surprise, we found the train station instead, so we hopped the train back to the hotel. We got to experience both the train and bus systems in Korea. Easy to navigate and I'd definitely do it again.
We'll be stampeding out bright and early tomorrow morning. We're going to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Korean Folk Village and a Ceramic Village as well. It'll be interesting to see North Korea from the DMZ.
