Strolling through Garuso-gil, I stumbled upon the Simone Handbag Museum. We have a handbag museum in the Netherlands too, the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje in Amsterdam, which I never got around to visit. So here I was presented with a chance to visit a handbag museum and I decided to check it out. The building itself is very […]
Changing of the Royal guards at Gyeongbokgung Palace
We were lucky to witness the Changing of the Royal Guards during our visit to the Gyeongbokgung Palace. This is a ritual that is done three times per day. It’s cancelled during very hot weather and during very cold weather. When we were there, on quite a cold and snowy day, it was still on, […]
Street photography Seoul
Summer is so much more fun for fashion then cold seasons, in my opinion. Warm weather means happy colors, light fabrics, summer dresses, bare legs and no coats. Cold weather means layering up, which already makes you look more massive then you really are. The streets are filled with people in dark coats, with red […]
Dongdaemun Design Park & Plaza, Seoul
On the former location of the Dongdeamun’s baseball and soccer stadium, now exciting architecture is rising. Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has designed a huge multi-functional complex. Supposed to be finished in 2010, the building and site are still ‘under construction’ today. But it is said that it should be ready now this april (2014). We […]
Secret Garden of Changdeokgung
“T-t-t-thank y-y-you…k-k-k….”, I tried to say to the tour guide. It did not come out smoothly, because my teeth chattered from the cold and my jaws seemed almost frozen. Shaking and shivering I gratefully took the small heat pack between my gloved hands. I could hardly feel my hands and feet at that moment. Boy, […]
Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul
Seoul has several palaces, all with -for a westerner- very difficult names. I visited Changdeokgung Palace on a bitterly cold day in january. The main gate is beautifully decorated, especially the roof, beams and ceiling. It is worth your while to walk along with one of the english spoken palace tours. And the palace’s […]
Seoul Tower
A good way to get an idea of the city you are about to explore, is to look at it from a high point. In Seoul’s case from the Namsan Tower aka N Seoul Tower, located on Namsan Hill. The weird dark blue sky is actually caused by the sunscreen on the windows of the […]
10 things you did not know about Seoul
This is the first time in Seoul for me and I learned some things that I did not yet know about Seoul. I bet you don’t either. So here are 10 things you probably do not know about Seoul: Many people do not speak a word of English. This makes getting around a bit of […]
Winter in Seoul
The weather in Singapore this january has been lovely! No rain, lots of sun, relatively cool with around 26 degrees C and often a refreshing breeze. LIKE! Many of my friends in Holland and in the global blogosphere are complaining about the cold, about rain, snow, grey days, and many were or are suffering from […]
