Exploring Insadong in Seoul, I stumbled upon the Insa Art Centre. One of the exhibitions going on there at the time was Material Matters. The exhibit showcased international furniture designs using unexpected, unusual materials or using materials in an unexpected way. It was not a large exhibition, but it was pretty and interesting. I was […]
A walk through trendy Garuso-gil
Say Seoul, Korea, and the first thing people will think of is probably Gangnam Style, thanks to Psy’s song that went viral. I visited the Gangnam area, but was way more charmed by the smaller, less famous Garuso-gil neighborhood. (This street lies in Sinsa-dong that is part of the greater Gangnam area, by the way. […]
Tom’s Cat Cafe Seoul
My visit to Seoul’s dog cafe BauHouse was not a real success. I was hoping that a visit to a cat cafe would be a more pleasant experience. So one afternoon I climbed the stairs up to Tom’s Cat cafe. Before entering the cafe, there is a small reception hall where you change your footwear for […]
We are young
There are lots of places in Seoul where you can find murals and street art. This large piece (titled: We are young) is one of the best and coolest ones I saw in Seoul. It is photographed a lot and I totally understand why! You can find it in Samcheon-dong, not far from the Bukchon neighborhood. […]
HoHo Myoll. The coolest cafe in Seoul
A bold statement, ‘the coolest cafe in Seoul’, since this town has an amazing cafe and coffee culture, as I wrote about here. Clearly I have visited only a handful of what must be hundreds of coffee places in Seoul. Many of which are unique, cute, quirky, cool, strange and what have you. So what […]
Cafes in Seoul
When you think of Korea (or Asia in general), you might think there is mainly a tea culture over there. Think again! Although there is no denying that tea goes back a long way in Asia and still is highly popular, coffee has become more and more en vogue. Seoulites must really, really love their […]
Gyeonbokgung Palace, Seoul.
It was a gloomy, cold, snowy saturday; the kind of day that I would prefer to stay in the hotel and work on my blog or pictures or something like that. But for Frits is was one of the few occasions he had to do some sightseeing. So of we went, to see Gyeonbokgung Palace. […]
Gangnam Style
Wether you liked the song and videoclip or not, it is sheer impossible that ‘Gangnam Style’ does not ring a bell. Unless you lived under a rock. Or are 80+ years old. Psy’s music video went viral all around the globe. The song sure has put Seoul’s neighborhood Gangnam on the map. It is an upperclass […]
Ice Cream in winter
It was a really cold day when I explored Insa-Dong in Seoul, yet I decided to buy me some ice cream. Soft-ice cream, to be precise, which I don’t even like. So why then, you may wonder. Because of the cone, people, it’s all about the cone!!! Technically I think it is not even a […]
Bau House Dog Cafe in Seoul
It’s no secret that I am a HUGE animal lover. I simply adore cats and dogs! I grew up with dogs, but in my adult life I always had cats, since that is more doable if you tend to travel a lot. My last cat died a couple of months ago and for the first […]
